---
title: "Preriokur bażanci"
description: "Tympanuchus phasianellus — Ptaki. The sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus), also known as the sharptail or fire grouse, is a medium-sized prairie grouse."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/sharp-tailed-grouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Preriokur bażanci

> Tympanuchus phasianellus — Ptaki. The sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus), also known as the sharptail or fire grouse, is a medium-sized prairie grouse.

- Scientific name: *Tympanuchus phasianellus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 3620
- Wikidata: [Q19068](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19068)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1070](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1070)

## Names

- en: Sharp-tailed Grouse
- de: Schweifhuhn
- es: Gallo de Las Praderas Rabudo
- fr: Tétras à queue fine
- nl: Stekelstaarthoen
- pt: Tetraz-de-rabo-fino
- pl: Preriokur bażanci

## Countries with the most observations

CA (1870), US (1451)

## Summary

The sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus), also known as the sharptail or fire grouse, is a medium-sized prairie grouse. One of three species in the genus Tympanuchus, the sharp-tailed grouse is found throughout Alaska, much of Northern and Western Canada, and parts of the Western and Midwestern United States. The sharp-tailed grouse is the provincial bird of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

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

## Photo

![Preriokur bażanci](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sharp-tailed-grouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Allison McCabe · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/206331575

## Machine access

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