Mating dance of the Sage Grouse - The greater sage-grouse, also known as the sagehen, is the largest grouse in North America. Its range is sagebrush country in the western United States and southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. It was known as simply the sage grouse until the Gunnison sage-grouse was recognized as a separate species in 2000. | Wild About Nature

This is the Greater Sage-Grouse. It’s one of North America’s most extraordinary birds, known for its unique mating dance, as seen in this video. Once numbering in the millions, sage-grouse populations have plummeted due to habitat loss, oil and gas development, and fragmentation of the sagebrush sea. This bird is a permanent resident in its breeding grounds, but moves short distances to lower elevations during winter. It also makes use of a complex lek system in mating. In the spring, males come

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