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Centrocercus
Centrocercus, the sage grouse genus (Swainson, 1832), holds two lekking North American grouse: greater sage-grouse (C. urophasianus) and Gunnison sage-grouse (C. minimus), sagebrush-obligate birds of the western United States and Canada.
Lagopus
Lagopus (ptarmigan) is a genus of three cold-adapted grouse species known for white winter plumage and snowshoe feet. They are distributed across Holarctic regions and western North America.
Lyrurus
Lyrurus (Swainson, 1832) is a grouse genus in Phasianidae with two species, the black grouse Lyrurus tetrix and the Caucasian black grouse L. mlokosiewiczi, known for lekking males and declining European populations.
Tetrao
Tetrao (capercaillies), genus of large Palearctic forest grouse in Phasianidae with two species, western capercaillie T. urogallus and black-billed capercaillie T. urogalloides; both Least Concern but decreasing.
Tympanuchus cupido
Tympanuchus cupido, the greater prairie-chicken, is a 43 cm barred North American grouse (Linnaeus 1758) with lek-booming males; heath hen extinct 1932, Attwater's endangered, nominate hunted in four states.