black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix), also known as northern black grouse, Eurasian black grouse, blackgame or blackcock, is a large game bird in the grouse...
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Grouse /ɡraʊs/ are a group of birds from the order Galliformes, in the family Phasianidae. Grouse are presently assigned to the tribe Tetraonini (formerly...
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Caucasian grouse or Caucasian black grouse (Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi) is a large bird in the grouse family. It is closely related to the black grouse (L. tetrix)...
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Grouse called The Black Grouse developed for the Swedish market was released. The packaging displays a black grouse in place of the usual red grouse....
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reduced costs to females. Although most prevalent among birds such as black grouse, lekking is also found in a wide range of vertebrates including some...
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Western capercaillie (redirect from Wood Grouse)
capercaillie, wood grouse, heather cock, cock-of-the-woods, or simply capercaillie /ˌkæpərˈkeɪl(j)i/, is a heavy member of the grouse family and the largest...
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1864 (Siberian grouse) Canachites Stejneger, 1885 (spruce grouse) Tetrao Linnaeus, 1758 (capercaillies) Lyrurus Swainson, 1832 (black grouse) Extinct genus...
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genus of birds in the grouse subfamily. They are known as black grouse because the male's plumage of both species is colored black as its base colour. The...
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The greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), also known as the sagehen, is the largest grouse in North America. Its range is sagebrush country...
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in the wild. Anser Beaver Black grouse Brown bear Common quail Deer Duck European hare Fox Ground squirrel Goose Hazel grouse Eurasian lynx Mountain hare...
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capercaillie, spotted capercaillie or (in Russian) stone capercaillie, is a large grouse species closely related to the more widespread western capercaillie. It...
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The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) is a medium-sized grouse occurring in forests from the Appalachian Mountains across Canada to Alaska. It is the most...
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The spruce grouse (Canachites canadensis), also known as Canada grouse, spruce hen or fool hen, is a medium-sized grouse closely associated with the coniferous...
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The hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia), sometimes called the hazel hen, is one of the smaller members of the grouse family of birds. It is a sedentary species...
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in the civil parish of Forest and Frith. It is a stronghold for the black grouse, one of the few sites for them in the North of England. Historically...
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The sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus), also known as the sharptail or fire grouse, is a medium-sized prairie grouse. One of three species...
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subjected to severe environmental disturbance. Hazel grouse Siberian grouse Black grouse Black-billed capercaillie Western capercaillie Willow ptarmigan...
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and the Golden plover. Mammals as the European rabbit are also hunted. Black grouse are no longer shot regularly, due to a continuing decline in numbers...
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Willow ptarmigan (redirect from Willow grouse)
lagopus) is a bird in the grouse subfamily Tetraoninae of the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is also known as the willow grouse. The willow ptarmigan breeds...
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reserve remains closed during the spring breeding season of the endangered black grouse (Tetrao tetrix). During the summer there is a risk of fire in the forest...
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Gamebird hybrids (section Pheasant and grouse hybrids)
and grouse hybrids have been reported: Capercaillie or wood grouse (Tetrao urogallus) and black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) in the UK Dusky or blue grouse (Dendragapus...
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Pavoninae, and in many cases are more closely related to smaller phasianids, grouse, and turkey (formerly classified in Perdicinae, Tetraoninae, and Meleagridinae)...
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Rackelhahn (category Grouse)
a hybrid between the western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) and the black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix). Kleven, Oddmund; Brøseth, Henrik; Jonassen, Kyrre;...
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green peafowls (Pavo muticus) have green and bronze or gold plumage, and black wings with a sheen of blue. Unlike Indian peafowl, the green peahen is similar...
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The genus name is the Latin word for a game bird, probably a black grouse. The black grouse was included by Linnaeus in the genus Tetrao but is now placed...
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America over 20 million years ago. They share a recent common ancestor with grouse, pheasants, and other fowl. The wild turkey species is the ancestor of the...
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a variety of wild birds as well as pheasant, capercaillie, wood grouse, black grouse, or grey partridge, with a small addition of roe deer meat, a couple...
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much of which was managed to support shooting of the formerly populous black grouse. Although much of this land has now reverted to fellside or has been...
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Madagascar partridge, Margaroperdix madagascarensis Genus Melanoperdix Black wood-partridge, Melanoperdix nigra Genus Xenoperdix Rubeho forest partridge...
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plentiful with many examples of rare birds of Great Britain, such as the black grouse[citation needed], Eurasian whimbrel and Eurasian curlew. The local beauty...
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