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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 eastern capercaillie has a somewhat glossy bluish-black head and neck down to a metallic turquoise breast. Distinct white markings at the tips of its upper and undertail coverts, as well as the wing coverts and flanks, give this grouse the nickname 'spotted capercaillie'.
The capercaillie is a large grouse, 80 to 115 cm (31 to 45 in) in length, with the female much smaller than the male. It has dark grey plumage with fine blackish vermiculation (wavelike pattern) around the head and neck.
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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.
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Capercaillie or wood grouse (Tetrao urogallus) and black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) in the UK [1] Dusky or blue grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) and common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) near Portland, Oregon, United States [2] Sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) and prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) [3]