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 LC    Black Grouse* Id (Atlas):
    Lyrurus tetrix

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Black Grouse, Eurasian Black Grouse, Blackcock (male), Greyhen (female), Grayhen (female)

Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Size
40 - 55 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Woodland close to heathered moors and bogs.

Range (Guide)
Albania (B), Austria (B) (NB), Belarus (B) (NB), Belgium (B) (NB), China (mainland) (B), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (E) (B), Czech Republic (B) (NB), Estonia (B) (NB), Finland (B) (NB) (P), France (B) (NB), Germany (B), Greece, Hungary (E) (B), Italy (B) (NB), Kazakhstan (B), Kyrgyzstan (B) (NB), Latvia (B) (NB), Liechtenstein (B) (NB), Lithuania (B) (NB), Luxembourg (B), Mongolia (B), Montenegro (E) (B), Netherlands Antilles (B) (NB), Norway (B), Poland (B), Romania (B) (NB), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B) (NB), Russia (European) (B) (NB), Serbia (E) (B), Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (B) (NB), Slovenia (B) (NB), Spain (NB), Sweden (B) (NB), Switzerland (B) (NB), Turkey (E) (B), Ukraine (B) (NB), United Kingdom (B) (NB).

Vagrant to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of], North Korea.

Introduced to Canada (B), USA (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 15,000,000 - 40,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Seeds, buds, berries, shoots. Young eat insects.

Voice

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (263)...)

 
Black Grouse (Lyrurus tetrix) [XC746689]
     by Elias A. Ryberg from K\u00e5ddis, Ume\u00e5, V\u00e4sterbottens l\u00e4n, Sweden (song)

 
Black Grouse (Lyrurus tetrix) [XC178558]
     by Peter Boesman from Heby, Uppsala, Switzerland (song)

Nest
A shallow scrape on the ground, under a low bush, lined with grass.

Eggs (Guide)
6 - 10; buffish rather sparsely spotted reddish-brown. Incubation: about 27 days; by female.

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Caucasian Grouse (Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi).

Commonly hybridizes with Western Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), and quite often with Willow Grouse (Lagopus lagopus). Also occasionally with Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) and Hazel Grouse (Bonasa bonasia).

Subspecies tschusii often included in viridanus, and baikalensis in ussuriensis.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

  • britannicus Witherby & Lönnberg, 1913   -  Northern and western Great Britain.
  • tetrix (Linnaeus, 1758)   -  Most of range, from Scandinavia, Belgium and Alps of southern France to north-eastern Siberia (R Kolyma).
  • viridanus (Lorenz, T, 1891)   -  South-eastern Russia and south-western Siberia, between R Don and R Irtysh.
  • tschusii Johansen, 1898   -  Southern Siberia, from R Irtysh to L Baikal, north to Tomsk and Krasnoyarsk, south to north-western Altai and Sajan Mts.
  • baikalensis (Lorenz, T, 1911)   -  South-eastern Siberia, from L Baikal to Amurland, south to northern Mongolia and north-western Manchuria.
  • mongolicus (Lönnberg, 1904)   -  Kirgizh and Tien Shan east to Altai and other ranges in western Mongolia.
  • ussuriensis (Kohts, 1911)   -  Manchuria, from Khingan (Chingan) Mts to R Ussuri and north-eastern Korea.



References
See References.

The Reader's Digest Book of British Birds 1980, 3rd Edition, Drive Publications Ltd ISBN 0 340 25308 8
Birds in Colour Campbell, B., 1960, Penguin Books Ltd
The Pocket Guide to Nest and Eggs Fitter, R.S.R., 1954, Collins
RSPB Handbook of British Birds Holden, P., Cleeves, T., 2002, A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 5713 8
Birds of Britain and Europe Sterry, P., et al., 2001, AA Publishing ISBN 0 7495 3068 5
The Popular Handbook of British Birds Hollom, P.A.D., 1973, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd ISBN 0 85493 002 7


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