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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List of species:
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- 7 2 5 8 2 Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis)
- 6 5 1 8 3 Blue Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus)
- 1 1 6 1 Siberian Grouse (Falcipennis falcipennis)
- 5 2 3 8 6 White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucurus)
- 14 4 10 8 4 Willow Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
- 62 4 13 45 8 5 Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus)
- 0 8 10 Black-billed Capercaillie (Tetrao parvirostris)
- 19 1 7 11 8 9 Western Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
- 9 5 4 8 7 Eurasian Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix)
- 0 6 8 Caucasian Black Grouse (Tetrao mlokosiewiczi)
- 2 1 1 8 11 Hazel Grouse (Bonasa bonasia)
- 2 2 6 12 Severtsov's Grouse (Bonasa sewerzowi)
- 2 1 1 8 13 Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
- 5 1 4 6 14 Sage Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)
- 11 1 10 8 16 Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus)
- 9 1 8 4 17 Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)
- 1 1 4 18 Lesser Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus)
Family statistics
7 genera, 17 species
| 155 files covering | |
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| 7 genera | (100%) |
| 15 species | (88%) |
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