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Tetrao is a genus of birds in the grouse subfamily known as capercaillies. They are some of the largest living grouse. They are some of the largest living grouse. Feathers from the bird were used to create the characteristic hat of the bersaglieri , an Italian ace infantry formation.
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 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 Cantabrian capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus cantabricus) is a subspecies of the western capercaillie in the grouse family Tetraonidae. It is one of two subspecies found in Spain. It is one of two subspecies found in Spain.
Tetrao francolinus Linnaeus, 1766 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.
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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]
Tetrao cupido Linnaeus, 1758 The greater prairie-chicken or pinnated grouse ( Tympanuchus cupido ), sometimes called a boomer , [ 2 ] is a large bird in the grouse family . This North American species was once abundant, but has become extremely rare and extirpated over much of its range due to habitat loss . [ 2 ]