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).

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) [XC827957]
by id from Gorkhi Terelj National Park, Mongolia (?)

Black-billed Capercaillie (Tetrao urogalloides) [XC481560]
by Ding Li Yong from Erdenemandal, Arkhangai, Mongolia (mid canopy, single male lekking in tree)

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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