Galliformes
Grouse (Tetraonidae)
HBW 2, p. 376
- Large to medium-sized, plump terrestrial or partly arboreal birds, with short, convex bill and feathered-nostrils, short legs and feathered tarsi.
- Holarctic, in boreal zone.
- Forest or open areas, mostly in zones of cold or cold temperate climate.
- 7 genera, 18 species, 129 taxa.
- 3 species threatened; 1 subspecies extinct since 1600.
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List of species:
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- 6 3 3 6 1 Siberian Grouse (Falcipennis falcipennis)
- 24 12 12 8 2 Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis)
- 21 1 11 9 8 3 Blue Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus)
- 55 2 32 21 8 4 Willow Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
- 106 6 36 64 8 5 Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus)
- 6 3 3 8 6 White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucurus)
- 23 1 10 12 8 7 Eurasian Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix)
- 3 3 6 8 Caucasian Black Grouse (Tetrao mlokosiewiczi)
- 32 1 16 15 8 9 Western Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
- 3 2 1 8 10 Black-billed Capercaillie (Tetrao parvirostris)
- 6 4 2 8 11 Hazel Grouse (Bonasa bonasia)
- 2 2 6 12 Severtsov's Grouse (Bonasa sewerzowi)
- 5 4 1 8 13 Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
- 12 7 5 6 14 Sage Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)
- 0 3 15 Gunnison Grouse (Centrocercus minimus)
- 19 9 10 8 16 Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus)
- 17 1 7 9 4 17 Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)
- 4 3 1 4 18 Lesser Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus)
Family statistics
7 genera, 18 species
| 344 files covering | |
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| 7 genera | (100%) |
| 17 species | (94%) |
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