Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Hazel Grouse*
Id (Atlas):
Bonasa bonasia
Description (10 )
Hazel Grouse
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Other Names (World)
Hazel Grouse, Hazel Hen
Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)
Size
34 - 39 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Habitat
Boreal and temperate forest. From sea-level - 1,800 m.
Albania (B), Austria (B) (NB), Belarus (B) (NB), Belgium (B) (NB), Bosnia and Herzegovina (B), Bulgaria (B) (NB), China (mainland) (B), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (B) (NB), Czech Republic (B) (NB), Estonia (B) (NB), Finland (B) (NB), France (B) (NB), Germany (B), Greece (B) (NB), Hungary (B) (NB), Italy (B) (NB), Japan (B), Kazakhstan (B), Latvia (B) (NB), Liechtenstein (B) (NB), Lithuania (B) (NB), Luxembourg (B) (NB), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B) (NB), Mongolia (B), Montenegro (B), North Korea (B), Norway (B), Poland (B), Romania (B) (NB), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B) (NB), Russia (European) (B) (NB), Serbia (B), Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (B) (NB), Slovenia (B) (NB), South Korea (B), Spain (NB), Sweden (B) (NB), Switzerland (B) (NB), Ukraine (B) (NB).
Population
Estimated population is 15,000,000 - 40,000,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (354)... )
Listen to XC124559
Hazel Grouse (Tetrastes bonasia ) [XC124559 ]
by Tomek Tumiel from Toftberget, \u00d6sterv\u00e5la area, Uppland, Sweden (song)
Listen to XC135275
Hazel Grouse (Tetrastes bonasia ) [XC135275 ]
by Jerome Fischer from Rotlia Stange, County of Hedmark, Sweden (song)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Chinese Grouse (Bonasa sewerzowi ).
Occasional hybridization reported with Willow Grouse (Lagopus lagopus ), Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta ) and Black Grouse (Lyrurus tetrix ). Complex taxonomy, with various attempts to lump subspecies, e.g. only four recognized: with styriaca , rhenana and schiebeli placed in rupestris ; volgensis and griseonota in bonasia ; kolymensis in sibirica ; amurensis and yamashinai in vicinitas .
The following 12 subspecies are recognised:
styriacus (von Jordans and Schiebel, 1944) - Jura Mts, Alps, Hungary, Slovakia and southern Poland.
rhenanus (Kleinschmidt, 1917) - North-eastern France, Luxembourg, Belgium and western Germany.
rupestris (Brehm, CL, 1831) - Southern Germany, Bohemia and Sudety Mts.
schiebeli (Kleinschmidt, O, 1943) - Balkan Peninsula.
volgensis (Buturlin, 1916) - Poland and Ukraine to central European Russia.
bonasia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Southern Scandinavia, Finland and northern European Russia to Urals.
griseonota Salomonsen, 1947 - Northern Sweden.
sibiricus (Buturlin, 1916) - Most of forested Siberia south to Altai and Sajan Mts, northern Mongolia and northern Amurland.
kolymensis Buturlin, 1916 - Extreme eastern Siberia, from northern Yakutia and Verkhoyansk Mts to Sea of Okhotsk.
amurensis Riley, 1916 - Southern Amurland and Little Khingan Mts south to northern Korea.
yamashinai Momiyama, 1928 - Sakhalin I.
vicinitas Riley, 1915 - Hokkaido (northern Japan).
References
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