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
David Palmer Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallus Eurasian Capercaille Tjäder
Cock singing during courting season in the Spanish Pyrenees
Male and female
Black-billed capercaillie
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The black-billed capercaillie is a large grouse species closely related to the more widespread western capercaillie. It is a sedentary species that breeds in the larch taiga forests of eastern Siberia
Western capercaillie
…fragmented, or possibly extirpated. The western capercaillie is one of two living species under the genus Tetrao, which also includes the lesser-known black-billed capercaillie. The western capercaillie was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under its…
Tetrao urogalloides
Female