Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), United States.    From Wordnik.com.  [Snake-Columbia shrub steppe] Reference

Among greater sage-grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus, females are smaller than males and have straw-colored feathers.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page]

Other wildlife characteristic of the moist mixed grassland are black-tailed and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus and O. virginianus), pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana), coyote (Canis latrans), short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma douglassi), western rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis), rabbit (Sylvilagus sp.) and sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern mixed grasslands] Reference

Much of the bird fauna is composed of species typically associated with the prairie potholes: ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis) and Swainson's hawk (Buteo swainsoni), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), sharp-tailed grouse (Tympahuchus phasianellus) and sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), mountain plover (Charadrius montanus) and clay-colored sparrow (Spizella pallida).    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern short grasslands] Reference

2 Coues thinks the sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) was discovered by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806] Reference

Centrocercus urophasianus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American] Reference