Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Grouse :: Black Grouse

Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Blackcock, Eurasian Black Grouse
Old scientific name(s): Lyrurus tetrix

Photographs

Sweden - 1992 © Kees Bakker 
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Range

Temperate Palearctic;
(1) Scotland and n. England.
(2) France to Scandinavia (Sweden) and n. Siberia in the Ardennes, Alps and Balkans.
(3) Se. Russia and sw. Siberia.
(4) S. Siberia to at least the Kolyma River, Lena River and Ussuriland.
(5) Turkestan, nw. China (Kirghiz steppes, c. Tien Shan and w. Altai Mountains).
(6) N. Mongolia and ne. China (w. Manchuria).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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