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Subspecies of bird
Red grouse
Song and calls recorded in the UK
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Galliformes
Family:
Phasianidae
Genus:
Lagopus
Species:
L. lagopus
Subspecies:
L. l. scotica
Trinomial name
Lagopus lagopus scotica
(Latham, 1787)
Synonyms
Lagopus lagopus scoticus
The red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) is a medium-sized bird of the grouse family which is found in heather moorland in Great Britain and Ireland. It is usually classified as a subspecies of the willow ptarmigan but is sometimes considered to be a separate species, Lagopus scoticus. It is also known as the moorcock, moorfowl or moorbird. Lagopus is derived from Ancient Greek lagos (λαγος), meaning "hare", + pous (πους), "foot", in reference to the feathered feet and toes typical of this cold-adapted genus, and scoticus is "of Scotland".[1]
The red grouse is the logo of The Famous Grouse whisky and an animated bird is a character in a series of its adverts. The red grouse is also the emblem of the journal British Birds.
Red grouse eggs
^Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 217, 351. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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Driven grouse shooting is a field sport in the United Kingdom involving the shooting of redgrouse. It is one of two forms of the sport, the other is...
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family, but are now typically placed in families of their own; conversely, grouse and turkeys, formerly often treated as distinct families (Tetraonidae and...
the barbules result in different colours. Brown feathers are a mixture of red and blue: one colour is created by the periodic structure and the other is...
The Siberian grouse (Falcipennis falcipennis), also known as Siberian spruce grouse, Amur grouse, or Asian spruce grouse, is a short, rotund forest-dwelling...
Pavoninae, and in many cases are more closely related to smaller phasianids, grouse, and turkey (formerly classified in Perdicinae, Tetraoninae, and Meleagridinae)...
consisting of seeds and insects. Species such as the grey partridge and the red-legged partridge are popular as game birds, and are often reared in captivity...
tips of the plants when snow covers low-growing vegetation. Willow grouse and redgrouse feed on the young shoots and seeds of this plant. Both adult and...
see ... the alpine ptarmigan white in winter, the red-grouse the colour of heather, and the black-grouse that of peaty earth, we must believe that these...
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kill. The term has been used for driven grouse shooting, in which large areas of Britain are farmed for redgrouse. According to WordNet, a canned hunt is...
Twelfth is the twelfth day of August, the start of the shooting season for redgrouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica), and to a lesser extent the ptarmigan (Lagopus...
"Genus Tragopan: tragopans (horned pheasants)". Pheasants, partridges and grouse: including buttonquails, sandgrouse and allies. London: Christopher Helm...
Exmoor. In Europe, the associated fauna consists of bird species such as redgrouse, hen harrier, merlin, golden plover, curlew, skylark, meadow pipit, whinchat...
Guy M. Kirwan (2002). Pheasants, Partidges and Grouse: A Guide to the Pheasants, Partridges, Quails, Grouse, Guineafowl, Payton Moore, Buttonquails and Sandgrouse...
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