Black-billed Capercaillie (Tetrao urogalloides)

Other Names (World)
Black-billed Capercaillie, Siberian Capercaillie, Small-billed Capercaillie, Short-billed Capercaillie, Rock Capercaillie

Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Size
68 - 97 cm

First Described (Guide)
Bonaparte, 1856

Habitat
Temperate shrubland and forest, boreal forest.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland), Mongolia (B), Russia (Asian).

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

Black-billed Capercaillie (Tetrao urogalloides) [XC103320]
by Jon Hornbuckle from 200 km east of Ulaan Bator, Mongolia (lekking)

Black-billed Capercaillie (Tetrao urogalloides) [XC827957]
by id from Gorkhi Terelj National Park, Mongolia (?)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Western Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), with which frequently hybridizes in the limited areas of overlap in basin of R Yenisey. Birds from various parts of Siberia formerly awarded subspecies turensis, janensis and kolymensis, and those from Transbaikalia macrurus.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

parvirostris Bonaparte, 1856 - Eastern Siberia, from lower R Yenisey to the upper R Anadyr, south to Transbaikalia, Manchuria, Ussuriland and Sikhote Alin Mts; Sakhalin I.
kamtschaticus Kittlitz, 1858 - Kamchatka Peninsula.
stegmanni Potapov, 1985 - L Baikal area, Sajan Mts and northern Mongolia, from Khangai Mts to Kentei Mts.
urogalloides Bonaparte, 1856 - Eastern Siberia to northern Manchuria, Ussuriland and Sakhalin I.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-billed Capercaillie (Tetrao urogalloides) - 10 files

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