Western capercaillie
Tetrao urogallus
Family Phasianidae. Order Galliformes.
Photo: sighmanb / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Description
The western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), also known as the Eurasian capercaillie, wood grouse, heather cock, cock-of-the-woods, or simply capercaillie, is a heavy member of the grouse tribe and the largest of all extant grouse species.
Traits
- Residency
- resident
- Diet
- needles, buds, berries
- Game species
- yes — woodland game
♪ Bird call
Recording: Jugrü
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Photographs
Johann Daniel Meyer / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Links
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