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title: "Dusky Grouse"
description: "Dendragapus obscurus — Birds. The dusky grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) is a species of forest-dwelling grouse native to the Rocky Mountains in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/dusky-grouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dusky Grouse

> Dendragapus obscurus — Birds. The dusky grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) is a species of forest-dwelling grouse native to the Rocky Mountains in North America.

- Scientific name: *Dendragapus obscurus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `mountains` (Mountains)
- iNaturalist observations: 7339
- Wikidata: [Q543345](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q543345)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1241](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1241)

## Names

- en: Dusky Grouse
- de: Felsengebirgshuhn
- es: Gallo de Las Rocosas
- fr: Tétras sombre
- nl: Blauw sneeuwhoen
- pt: Tetraz-azul
- pl: Borowiak złotobrewy

## Countries with the most observations

US (5648), CA (1395)

## Summary

The dusky grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) is a species of forest-dwelling grouse native to the Rocky Mountains in North America. It is closely related to the sooty grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus), and the two were previously considered a single species, the blue grouse.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusky_grouse

## Photo

![Dusky Grouse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dusky-grouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Quillipede · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/284803798

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dusky-grouse?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).