Greater sage-grouse, known as the sagehen, is the largest grouse in North America.
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11 Facts About Greater sage-grouse
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Greater sage-grouse do not have a muscular crop and are not able to digest hard seeds like other grouse.
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Adult greater sage-grouse have a long, pointed tail and legs with feathers to the toes.
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Greater sage-grouse prefer relatively tall sagebrush with an open canopy for nesting.
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Greater sage-grouse apparently have high rates of nest desertion and nest predation.
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Importance of sagebrush in the diet of adult greater sage-grouse is great; numerous studies have documented its year-round use.
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Greater sage-grouse apparently do not require open water for day-to-day survival if succulent vegetation is available.
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Original petition to list the greater sage-grouse was mailed to the USFWS in June, 2002 by Craig Dremann of Redwood City.
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Status review conducted by the Service has found that the greater sage-grouse remains relatively abundant and well-distributed across the species' 173-million acre range and does not face the risk of extinction now or in the foreseeable future.
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Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada designated the greater sage-grouse as Threatened in 1997, and re-designated the species as Endangered in April 1998.
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The greater sage-grouse is listed on Schedule 1 of Canada's Species at Risk Act, as Endangered.
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