Editing Sharp-tailed grouse (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Sharp-tailed grouse
| image = Sharp-Tailed Grouse (26089894256) (cropped).jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International. |year=2021 |title=''Tympanuchus phasianellus'' |page=e.T22679511A138099395 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22679511A138099395.en}}</ref>
| genus = Tympanuchus
| species = phasianellus
| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])
| synonyms = *''Tetrao phasianellus'' {{small|Linnaeus,&nbsp;1758}}
*''Pedioecetes phasianellus'' {{small|(Linnaeus,&nbsp;1758)}}
| range_map = Tympanuchus phasianellus map.svg
}}

The '''sharp-tailed grouse''' ('''''Tympanuchus phasianellus'''''), also known as the '''sharptail''' or '''fire grouse''', is a medium-sized prairie [[grouse]]. One of three species in the [[genus]] ''[[Tympanuchus]]'', the sharp-tailed grouse is found throughout [[Alaska]], much of [[Northern Canada|Northern]] and [[Western Canada]], and parts of the [[Western United States|Western]] and [[Midwestern United States]]. The sharp-tailed grouse is the [[List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols|provincial bird]] of the Canadian province of [[Saskatchewan]].<ref name="SK">{{Cite web|author=Government of Saskatchewan|title=Emblems of Saskatchewan|url=http://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/visual-identity-and-protocol/emblems-and-flags|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619022048/http://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/visual-identity-and-protocol/emblems-and-flags|archive-date=2017-06-19|access-date=2017-07-10}}</ref>