Pacific sierra [SEP] parent taxon
Pacific sierra
The Pacific sierra ("Scomberomorus sierra") also known as the Mexican sierra, is a ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, better known as the mackerel family. More specifically, this fish is a member of the tribe Scomberomorini, the Spanish mackerels. It occurs in the eastern Pacific Ocean from southern California to Antofagasta in Chile.
Dendragapus
The genus Dendragapus contains two closely related species of grouse that have often been treated as a single variable taxon (blue grouse). The two species are the dusky grouse ("Dendragapus obscurus") and the sooty grouse ("Dendragapus fuliginosus"). In addition, the spruce grouse and Siberian grouse have been considered part of this genus.
Description.
These are large grouse that inhabit highland regions of North America and Eurasia. The sooty grouse is found in the Pacific Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada,