Centrocercus minimus ORDER: GALLIFORMES FAMILY: PHASIANIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Endangered
© 2004 Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Restricted to Colorado, the Gunnison Sage-Grouse was only recently realized to be a species separate from the Greater Sage-Grouse. The two species differ in size, display ornaments, and in breeding displays.
Male display includes hoots, and pops. Both sexes make clucking and cackling notes.