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title: "Preriokur ostrosterny"
description: "Centrocercus urophasianus — Ptaki. The greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), also known as the sagehen, is the largest grouse in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/greater-sage-grouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Preriokur ostrosterny

> Centrocercus urophasianus — Ptaki. The greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), also known as the sagehen, is the largest grouse in North America.

- Scientific name: *Centrocercus urophasianus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2756
- Wikidata: [Q747372](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q747372)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1264](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1264)

## Names

- en: Greater Sage-Grouse
- de: Großes Beifußhuhn
- es: Urogallo de Las Artemisas
- fr: Tétras des armoises
- nl: Waaierhoen
- pt: Tetraz-das-artemísias
- pl: Preriokur ostrosterny

## Countries with the most observations

US (2585), CA (17)

## Summary

The greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), also known as the sagehen, is the largest grouse in North America. Its range is sagebrush country in the western United States and southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. It was known as simply the sage grouse until the Gunnison sage-grouse was recognized as a separate species in 2000. The Mono Basin population of sage grouse may also be distinct.
The greater sage-grouse is a permanent resident in its breeding grounds but may move short distances to lower elevations during winter. It makes use of a complex lek system in mating and nests on the ground under sagebrush…

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

## Photo

![Preriokur ostrosterny](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-sage-grouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua Smith · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253486015

## Machine access

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