"Capercaillie" redirects here. For other uses, see Capercaillie (disambiguation).
Tetrao
Temporal range: Early Pliocene to recent
Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Galliformes
Family:
Phasianidae
Tribe:
Tetraonini
Genus:
Tetrao Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Tetrao urogallus
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Tetrao urogalloides Tetrao urogallus
Tetrao is a genus of birds in the grouse subfamily known as capercaillies. 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.
Tetrao is a genus of birds in the grouse subfamily known as capercaillies. They are some of the largest living grouse. Feathers from the bird were used...
The western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), also known as the Eurasian capercaillie, wood grouse, heather cock, cock-of-the-woods, or simply capercaillie...
tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Tetrao tetrix. Both Tetrao and tetrix come from Ancient Greek words referring to some form...
wings and tail of a female wood grouse (Tetrao urogallus). It was later jokingly given the Latin name Tetrao lepus pseudo-hybridus rarissimus L. The term...
ptarmigan L. m. hyperborea Sundevall, 1845 Svalbard ptarmigan Rock Ptarmigan range Synonyms Tetrao mutus Montin, 1781 Lagopus mutus (lapsus, see below)...
rackelhahn or rackelwild is a hybrid between the western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) and the black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix). Kleven, Oddmund; Brøseth...
The Cantabrian capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus cantabricus) is a subspecies of the western capercaillie in the grouse family Tetraonidae. It is one of two...
placed it with all the grouse like birds in the genus Tetrao. He coined the binomial name Tetrao major and cited the earlier authors. The great tinamou...
with the black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) and the hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia) and occasionally with the western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), the spruce...
1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Tetrao coturnix. The specific epithet coturnix is the Latin word for the common...
placed it with all the grouse like birds in the genus Tetrao and coined the binomial name Tetrao pondicerianus. Gmelin based his description on "Le perdix...
T. bonasia Binomial name Tetrastes bonasia (Linnaeus, 1758) Range of T. bonasia Synonyms Tetrao bonasia Linnaeus, 1758 Bonasa bonasia (Linnaeus, 1758)...
He placed it with the grouse like birds in the genus Tetrao and coined the binomial name Tetrao suscitator. Gmelin cited the English ornithologist Francis...
scotica) Rock ptarmigan (L. muta) White-tailed ptarmigan (L. leucura) Tetrao Western capercaillie (T. urogallus) Cantabrian capercaillie (T. u. cantabricus)...
Linnaeus in his 1766 12th edition of Systema Naturae. He classified it as Tetrao umbellus, placing it in a subfamily with Eurasian grouse. The genus Bonasa...
birds, including lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus), western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus crassirostris) and rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta). 40,470 km2,...
scotica) Rock ptarmigan (L. muta) White-tailed ptarmigan (L. leucura) Tetrao Western capercaillie (T. urogallus) Cantabrian capercaillie (T. u. cantabricus)...
scotica) Rock ptarmigan (L. muta) White-tailed ptarmigan (L. leucura) Tetrao Western capercaillie (T. urogallus) Cantabrian capercaillie (T. u. cantabricus)...
grouse with other grouse in the genus Tetrao. Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the binomial name Tetrao canadensis and cited Edwards' work....
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