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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]
Female in Bavarian Forest, Germany Tetrao urogallus urogallus—eggs Male capercaillie marking his territory to a hiker in a Finnish taiga forest. The breeding season of the western capercaillie starts according to spring weather progress, vegetation development and altitude between March and April and lasts until May or June. Three-quarters of ...
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.
The largest supplier of eggs in the country, Cal-Maine Foods, had to put a pause on production after chickens in a Texas plant tested positive for bird flu, the company announced Tuesday.
The person who tested positive for bird flu in Texas is only the second known human case in the United States, state and federal officials said this week. Bird flu in dairy cattle in Kansas, Texas
The black grouse is a large bird with males measuring roughly around 60 centimetres (24 in) in length and weighing 1,100–1,250 grams (2.43–2.76 lb), sometimes up to 2,100 grams (4.6 lb), with females approximately 45 cm (18 in) and weighing 750–1,100 grams (1.65–2.43 lb). [13]
Jul. 8—AUSTIN — Famous for being the biggest, longest, wildest birdwatching tournament in the country, this year's Great Texas Birding Classic raised $45,000 for projects to benefit birds and ...
The northern cardinal is the state bird of seven states, followed by the western meadowlark as the state bird of six states. The District of Columbia designated a district bird in 1938. [ 4 ] Of the five inhabited territories of the United States , American Samoa and Puerto Rico are the only ones without territorial birds.