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Gunnison Sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus)

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Photo by Ron Stewart
Photo Courtesy of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources; Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Gunnison Sage-grouse

Gunnison Sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus)

Photo by Ron Stewart
Photo Courtesy of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources; Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Centrocercus minimus

NatureServe conservation status

Global (G-rank): G2G3
State (S-rank): S1

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Species range

Old Notes (Populations of this sage-grouse occur exclusively to the south and east of the Colorado River in San Juan County. Small numbers of birds from populations centered in Colorado occur in southeastern Grand County.)

Habitat

No information has been reported concerning the habitat occupied in Utah.

Threats or limiting factors

Old Notes (The conversion of native sagebrush habitat to agricultural land continues to affect the Utah population, being responsible for the loss of several lek sites during recent years. Increasingly efficient use of water for agricultural purposes may ultimately be detrimental to habitat conditions by reducing the availability of wet meadow habitat.)

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Multicellular organisms that are autotrophic or make complex carbohydrates from basic constituents. Most use photosynthesis.

Flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary

Multicellular organisms that develop from the fertilization of an egg by a sperm. Heterotrophic - obtain food by ingestion.

Have skulls and backbones.

Cold blooded, lay eggs on land

Have feathers and lay eggs

Invertebrates with an exoskeleton, jointed appendages, and segmented bodies

Animals having 3 pair of legs, 3 body sections, generally 1 or 2 pair of wings, 1 pair of antennae.

Soft bodied animals with an internal or external shell and a toothed tongue or radula. Have a mantle that lines and secretes the shell and a muscular foot that allows for movement.

Two hinged lateral shells and a wedged shaped "foot". Bivalves lack tentacles and a head.


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