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The Famous Grouse is a brand of blended Scotch whisky produced by The Edrington Group in Scotland. It was first produced by Matthew Gloag & Son in 1896. [1] The single malt whiskies used in The Famous Grouse blend include the Edrington-owned Highland Park and The Macallan. [2] Its emblem is the red grouse, Scotland's national game bird. [1]
A ruffed grouse found at the Kortright Centre for Conservation.. Grouse / ɡ r aʊ s / are a group of birds from the order Galliformes, in the family Phasianidae.Grouse are presently assigned to the tribe Tetraonini (formerly the subfamily Tetraoninae and the family Tetraonidae), a classification supported by mitochondrial DNA sequence studies, [2] and applied by the American Ornithologists ...
Distiller entrance in Drumchapel. The Edrington Group Limited, [1] trading as Edrington, is a privately owned international spirits company based in Glasgow, Scotland. [2] It produces single malts such as The Macallan, Highland Park, The Glenrothes, Naked Malt, and The Famous Grouse blended Scotch whisky.
The Famous Grouse, a blend of Scotch whisky This page was last edited on 12 November 2024, at 07:35 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Extensive predator control is a feature of grouse moor management: foxes, stoats and crows are usually heavily controlled on grouse moors. The extent to which it occurs on grouse moors is hotly contested between conservation groups and shooting interests, and the subject generates a lot of media attention in relation to grouse moors and shooting.
The genus Lyrurus was introduced in 1832 by the English naturalist William Swainson with the black grouse as the type species. [1] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek lura meaning "lyre" with -ouros meaning "-tailed".
The avifauna of Indonesia include a total of 1809 species, of which 786 are endemic, and 3 have been introduced by humans. 150 species are globally threatened. 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 ...
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 ...