BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Dendragapus fuliginosus
Sooty Grouse
| Scientific Name: | Dendragapus fuliginosus (Ridgway, 1873) | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name Synonyms: |
Dendragapus obscurus
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| English Name: | Sooty Grouse | ||||||||||
| English Name Synonyms: |
Blue Grouse
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 2006. Forty-seventh supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds. The Auk 123(3):1926-936. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy Comments: | Formerly part of Blue Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus). In 2006 it was split into two species, Dendragapus fuliginosus (Sooty Grouse) and Dendragapus obscurus (Dusky Grouse). | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Vertebrate Animal | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | B-SOGR | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G5 (Apr 2016) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S4 (Mar 2015) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Yellow | ||||||||||
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| Habitats: (Type / Subtype / Dependence) |
Agriculture / Cultivated Field / Facultative - occasional use
Agriculture / Hedgerow / Facultative - occasional use Agriculture / Pasture/Old Field / Facultative - occasional use Alpine/Tundra / Krummholtz / Facultative - occasional use Forest / Conifer Forest - Dry / Facultative - occasional use Forest / Conifer Forest - Mesic (average) / Facultative - frequent use Forest / Conifer Forest - Moist/wet / Facultative - frequent use Grassland/Shrub / Meadow / Facultative - occasional use Grassland/Shrub / Shrub - Logged / Facultative - occasional use Grassland/Shrub / Shrub - Natural / Facultative - occasional use Riparian / Riparian Forest / Facultative - occasional use |
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| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | Resident: From coastal southeastern Alaska (north to Yakutat) and coastal British Columbia (including the Queen Charlotte and Vancouver islands) south in coastal ranges and the Cascades to northwestern California, the Sierra Nevada, and (at least formerly) to southern California (Ventura County) and extreme western Nevada (AOU 1998, 2006).. | ||||||||||
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Dendragapus fuliginosus. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 7, 2026).