Black grouse
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The black grouse, also known as northern black grouse, Eurasian black grouse, blackgame or blackcock, is a large bird in the grouse tribe. It is a sedentary species, spanning across the Palearctic in
Black Grouse Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald
Egg of Tetrao tetrix tetrix – MHNT
Male displaying
Painting of a male and female
Western capercaillie
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The western capercaillie, also known as the Eurasian capercaillie, wood grouse, heather cock, cock-of-the-woods, or simply capercaillie, is a heavy member of the grouse tribe and the largest of all ex
Black grouse
…capable of short flights. Where their range overlaps in similar biomes of other species, they are capable of hybridizing with the ringneck pheasant, western capercaillie, black-billed capercaillie, Siberian grouse, hazel grouse, and willow ptarmigan. The tails of black-cocks have, since late Victorian times, been popular…
David Palmer Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallus Eurasian Capercaille Tjäder
Cock singing during courting season in the Spanish Pyrenees
Male and female