Sharp-Tailed Grouse

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Grouse are heavily-built, similiar to chickens.
Grouse typically eat vegetation.
Grouse diet varies according to the season.
Young grouse eat more insects and invertibrates. When they get older they eat less.
To help with digesting food, some grouse eat grit to help break it down in their stomach.
Grouse have feathered nostrils.
Male grouse are polygamous.
Most grouse do not migrate but some do, migrating hundreds of kilometers.
Grouse are very prevolent in the Artic and Subartic, providing a food source for many predators.
Although grouse can suffer heavy predatation, they have large clutches and populations can recover quickly.
Grouse are one of the most hunted birds in the world.