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Gunnison Grouse

Centrocercus minimus

The Gunnison Grouse (Centrocercus minimus) is a bird found in United States. Found in the United States. It eats leaves and other plant parts and insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific nameCentrocercus minimus
RegionNorth America
Found inUnited States

🏡 Where the Gunnison Grouse lives

Found in the United States.

🍽️ What it eats

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.
💡 It weighs about 1.9 kilograms. It mostly eats leaves and plants.

Hear the Gunnison Grouse

Recorded by Andrew Spencer (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC264177. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Gunnison Grouse

Where does the Gunnison Grouse live?

The Gunnison Grouse lives in United States. Found in the United States.

What does the Gunnison Grouse eat?

leaves and other plant parts (about 90%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Gunnison Grouse endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.