Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus) - BirdLife species factsheet

Sooty Grouse Dendragapus fuliginosus

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

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.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2007	Least Concern
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	altitudinal migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,440,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	2000000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2019
Population trend	stable	-	estimated	-
Generation length	3.7 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number 2,000,000 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2020).

Trend justification: The species has been undergoing a moderate decline between 1970 and 2019 at an average rate of 1.1% per year (Partners in Flight 2020). Short-term trends however suggest that the decline has stopped and that the species has been stable over the past three generations (11.1 years) (Meehan et al. 2018; Pardieck et al. 2018). Therefore, the population is here assessed as stable.

Country/territory distribution

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

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Boreal	suitable	resident
Forest	Temperate	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 3600 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Sooty Grouse Dendragapus fuliginosus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/sooty-grouse-dendragapus-fuliginosus on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.