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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] The black grouse was included by Linnaeus in the genus Tetrao but is now placed in the genus Lyrurus.
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.
Tetrao tetrix The black grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix ), also known as northern black grouse , Eurasian black grouse , blackgame or blackcock , [ 4 ] is a large game bird in the grouse family. It is a sedentary species , spanning across the Palearctic in moorland and steppe habitat when breeding, often near wooded areas.
The black-billed capercaillie (Tetrao urogalloides), also known as eastern capercaillie, Siberian capercaillie, spotted capercaillie or (in Russian) stone capercaillie, [2] is a large grouse species closely related to the more widespread western 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 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]
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).
The black-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis) is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family. The nominate race breeds in Iberian Peninsula , Northwest Africa, the Canary Islands, Turkey, Iran, Cyprus and Israel. The eastern form P. o. arenarius (Pallas, 1775) is found in Kazakhstan, western China and northern Pakistan.