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, 17 species, 129 taxa.
  • 2 species threatened; 1 subspecies extinct since 1600.
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Family statistics

7 genera, 17 species

155 files covering
7 genera (100%)
15 species (88%)

 

    107 videos covering
7 genera (100%)
15 species (88%)
    43 photographs covering
7 genera (100%)
12 species (71%)
    5 sound recordings covering
2 genera (29%)
2 species (12%)
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