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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 ...
The genus name is the Latin word for a game bird, probably a black grouse. [2] The black grouse was included by Linnaeus in the genus Tetrao but is now placed in the genus Lyrurus. [1] [3] The type species was designated as the western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) by George Robert Gray in 1840. [4] [5]
Blue-knobbed curassow: ... Tetrao mlokosiewiczi: 60 000 – 108 000 ... Western capercaillie: Tetrao urogallus: 5 000 000 – 10 000 000 [115] LC [115]
Birds, nesting in central parts of Russia and on the territory of the Prioksko-Terrasny Reserve, in autumn are migrating to the south-west. Part of them are wintering in southern regions of Russia and near the Black Sea , others are flying to the south-western part of Europe: the Balkans, the Apennines, South France, South Germany.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Belarus. The avifauna of Belarus include a total of 352 species. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World , 2022 edition.
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[34] [126] Reportage of tawny owls predation on much larger western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) is quite likely to refer to juvenile capercaillie. [34] In at least one case, a tawny owl preyed upon an adult mallard ( Anas platyrhynchos ), which, at a mean weight of around 1,060 g (2.34 lb), is about twice a tawny owl's size and possibly the ...