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Tetrao is a genus of birds in the grouse subfamily known as capercaillies. They are some of the largest living grouse. They are some of the largest living grouse. Feathers from the bird were used to create the characteristic hat of the bersaglieri , an Italian ace infantry formation.
The western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), also known as the Eurasian capercaillie, wood grouse, heather cock, cock-of-the-woods, or simply capercaillie / ˌ k æ p ər ˈ k eɪ l (j) i /, [3] is a heavy member of the grouse family and the largest of all extant grouse species.
The grey francolin was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae.He placed it with all the grouse like birds in the genus Tetrao and coined the binomial name Tetrao pondicerianus. [2]
Tetrao cupido Linnaeus, 1758 The greater prairie-chicken or pinnated grouse ( Tympanuchus cupido ), sometimes called a boomer , [ 2 ] is a large bird in the grouse family . This North American species was once abundant, but has become extremely rare and extirpated over much of its range due to habitat loss . [ 2 ]
During the winter months, when food is scarce, the black-billed capercaillie primarily feeds on twigs, shoots, and buds from various plant species, as well as the fruit of Rosa acicularis (commonly known as the prickly wild rose). [10] [4] Their main source of twigs and buds is the Siberian larch (Larix dahurica). The male capercaillie ...
Rare Bird Yearbook 2008: The World’s most Threatened Birds. MagDig Media. p. 139. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). (1979). Cantabrian capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus cantabricus). Compiled by W.B. King on behalf of the International Council for Bird Preservation and the Survival Service Commission of ...
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, breeding across the Palearctic as far east as Hokkaido, and as far west as eastern and central Europe, in dense, damp, mixed coniferous woodland, preferably with some spruce.
The black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes.It was formerly known as the black partridge. It is the state bird of Haryana state, India (locally known as kaala teetar, काला तीतर).