Grouse (Tetraonidae)
Black-billed Capercaillie (Tetrao parvirostris) - HBW 2, p. 406
French: Tétras à bec noir
German: Steinauerhuhn
Spanish: Urogallo Piquinegro
Other common names: Siberian/Small billed/Short billed/Rock Capercaillie
Taxonomy: Tetrao parvirostris Bonaparte, 1856, Muka Sanaga, west of Aldan and Amginskoje, east Siberia.
Synonym T. urogalloides. Forms superspecies with T. urogallus, with which frequently hybridizes in the limited areas of overlap in basin of R Yenisey. Birds from various parts of Siberia formerly awarded races turensis, janensis and kolymensis, and those from Transbaikalia race macrurus. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- parvirostris Bonaparte, 1856 - E Siberia, from lower R Yenisey to the upper R Anadyr, S to Transbaikalia, Manchuria, Ussuriland and Sikhote Alin Mts; Sakhalin I.
- kamschaticus Kittlitz, 1858 - Kamchatka.
- stegmanni Potapov, 1985 - L Baikal area, Sajan Mts and N Mongolia, from Khangai Mts to Kentei Mts.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male performing a courtship display. Locality Yakutsk, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp parvirostris)
Alexdersu 9 May 2010 7 weeks ago 1 min 18 sec 4.4
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A male displaying and calling.
Locality Yakutsk, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp parvirostris)
Alexdersu 9 May 2010 7 weeks ago 4.7 -
A male calling and displaying.
Locality Yakutsk, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp parvirostris)
Alexdersu 9 May 2010 8 weeks ago 4.7
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