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Hybrid: Tetrao urogallus × Lyrurus tetrix The rackelhahn or rackelwild is a hybrid between the western capercaillie ( Tetrao urogallus ) and the black grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix ).
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 heaviest-known specimen, recorded in captivity, had a weight ...
Chausie, a hybrid between a jungle cat and domestic cat. Subfamily Pantherinae. Genus Panthera. Ligers and tigons (crosses between a lion and a tiger) and other Panthera hybrids such as the lijagulep. Species P. tigris. A hybrid between a Bengal tiger and a Siberian tiger is an example of an intra-specific hybrid. Family Canidae
The genus Tetrao was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. [1] The genus name is the Latin word for a game bird, probably a black grouse. [2]
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Lekking was originally described in the Tetraonidae (grouse, boldface in cladogram), in particular the black grouse (Swedish: "orrlek") and capercaillie (Swedish: "tjäderlek"), but it is widely distributed phylogenetically among other birds, and in many other animal groups within the vertebrates and the arthropods, as shown in the cladogram.
Compared to the western capercaillie, it is slightly smaller in size with a slimmer body profile and longer neck, has a black beak (hence its name) instead of being horn-colored, and a longer, more spatulate tail. The eastern capercaillie has a somewhat glossy bluish-black head and neck down to a metallic turquoise breast.
Western capercaillie Tetrao urogallus (French: grand tétras) – A; Black grouse Lyrurus tetrix (French: tétras lyre) – A; Grey partridge Perdix perdix (French: perdrix grise) – AC; Reeves's pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii (French: faisan vénéré) – C; Common pheasant Phasianus colchicus (French: faisan de Colchide) – C