Sooty Grouse

SCI Name:  Dendragapus fuliginosus
Protonym:  Canace obscura var. fuliginosa For.Stream 1 p.289
Taxonomy:  Galliformes / Phasianidae / Dendragapus
Taxonomy Code:  soogro1
Type Locality:  Cascade Mountains [at foot of Mt. Hood, Oregon] and Chiloweyuck Depot, Washington.
Author:  Ridgway
Publish Year:  1873
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

DENDRAGAPUS
(Tetraonidae; Ϯ Blue Grouse D. obscurus) Gr. δενδρον dendron  tree; αγαπαω agapaō  to be fond of; "Tetronidæ  ...  For the next group, as its members appear to possess sufficient characters to distinguish the species from the commonly known T. Canadensis, in having gular sacks, the extraordinary number of twenty feathers in the tail, instead of sixteen, I would propose the term—  4th.   Dendragapus — confined to America; comprising D. obscurus and Richardsonii." (Elliot 1864); "Dendragapus Elliot, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, p. 23. Type, by subsequent designation, Tetrao obscurus Say. (Baird, Brewer and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Bds., Land Birds, 3, 1874, p. 415.)" (Peters, 1934, II, p. 28).
Var. Dendrogapus.
Synon. Palaeotetrix.

fuliginosa / fuliginosum / fuliginosus
Late L. fuliginosus  sooty, covered with soot  < L. fuligo, fuliginis  soot.
● ex “Soui-manga carmelite” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (Chalcomitra).
● ex “Grimpar Enfumé” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 28 (Dendrocincla).
● ex “Sooty Petrel” of Latham 1785 (Nesofregetta).
● ex “Sooty or Brown Albatros” of Latham 1785 (syn. Phoebetria palpebrata).
● ex “Hirondelle de Mer à grande envergure” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Sooty Tern”, “Simple Tern, var. A” and “Dusky Tern” of Latham 1785 (syn. Onychoprion fuscatus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche brun de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 574, fig. 1, and “Brown Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.; has been linked with Cnemotriccus fuscatus and with Contopus cinereus).

SUBSPECIES

Sooty Grouse (fuliginosus)
SCI Name: Dendragapus fuliginosus fuliginosus
fuliginosa / fuliginosum / fuliginosus
Late L. fuliginosus  sooty, covered with soot  < L. fuligo, fuliginis  soot.
● ex “Soui-manga carmelite” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (Chalcomitra).
● ex “Grimpar Enfumé” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 28 (Dendrocincla).
● ex “Sooty Petrel” of Latham 1785 (Nesofregetta).
● ex “Sooty or Brown Albatros” of Latham 1785 (syn. Phoebetria palpebrata).
● ex “Hirondelle de Mer à grande envergure” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Sooty Tern”, “Simple Tern, var. A” and “Dusky Tern” of Latham 1785 (syn. Onychoprion fuscatus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche brun de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 574, fig. 1, and “Brown Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.; has been linked with Cnemotriccus fuscatus and with Contopus cinereus).

Sooty Grouse (sitkensis)
SCI Name: Dendragapus fuliginosus sitkensis
sitkensis
Sitka, Alaska, USA.

Sooty Grouse (sierrae)
SCI Name: Dendragapus fuliginosus sierrae
sierrae
Spanish sierra  mountain.
● Sierra Nevada, southern Spain (subsp. Alauda arvensis).
● Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, north-eastern Colombia (subsp. Catharus aurantiirostris).
● Sierra Nevada Mts., California, USA (subsp. Dendragapus obscurus, subsp. Eremophila alpestris, subsp. Vireo huttoni).
● La Cima, Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico (syn. Xenospiza baileyi).

Sooty Grouse (howardi)
SCI Name: Dendragapus fuliginosus howardi
howardi
Ozra William Howard (1877-1928) US oologist, ornithologist, entomologist (subsp. Dendragapus obscurus).