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• Reference and further resources

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	10,800,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	760000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2019
Population trend	increasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.5 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number 760,000 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2020).

Trend justification: The species has been roughly stable over the past five decades (Partners in Flight 2020). Over the past ten years however, the population has undergone a statistically non-significant increase of 24% (Pardieck et al. 2018). It is noted, though, that there is some deficiency in the data for this, but overall the species is suspected to be increasing. This is despite the impacts of threats such as habitat loss, disturbance at lek sites and hunting (del Hoyo et al. 1994).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Canada	extant	native	yes
USA	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Boreal	suitable	resident
Forest	Temperate	suitable	resident
Grassland	Temperate	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/sharp-tailed-grouse-tympanuchus-phasianellus on 17/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 17/12/2024.