Hazel Grouse

Tetrastes bonasia - Gélinotte des bois

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Galliformes

  • Family
    :

    Phasianidés

  • Genus
    :

    Tetrastes

  • Species
    :

    bonasia

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 40 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 48 à 54 cm.
  • Weight
    : 300 à 450 g
Longevity

10 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Gélinotte des bois
♂ adult
Gélinotte des bois
♀ adult

Hazel Grouse (Tetrastes bonasia) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.

Subspecific information 11 subspecies

  • Tetrastes bonasia bonasia (w and s Scandinavia and c Poland east to the Ural Mts. Russia.)
  • Tetrastes bonasia rhenanus (ne France, Luxembourg, Belgium, w Germany)
  • Tetrastes bonasia styriacus (Alps, s Poland to Hungary)
  • Tetrastes bonasia schiebeli (Balkan Pen.)
  • Tetrastes bonasia rupestris (s Germany, Czech Rep.)
  • Tetrastes bonasia griseonota (n Sweden)
  • Tetrastes bonasia sibiricus (ne Russia, n and c Siberia and n Mongolia)
  • Tetrastes bonasia kolymensis (e Siberia)
  • Tetrastes bonasia amurensis (ne China to n Korea)
  • Tetrastes bonasia yamashinai (Sakhalin I.. Russia.)
  • Tetrastes bonasia vicinitas (Hokkaido. Japan.)

Foreign names

  • Gélinotte des bois,
  • Grévol común,
  • galinha-montês,
  • Haselhuhn,
  • császármadár,
  • Hazelhoen,
  • Francolino di monte,
  • järpe,
  • Jerpe,
  • jariabok hôrny,
  • jeřábek lesní,
  • Hjerpe,
  • pyy,
  • grèvol comú,
  • Jarpi,
  • jarząbek (zwyczajny),
  • mežirbe,
  • gozdni jereb,
  • Рябчик,
  • エゾライチョウ,
  • 花尾榛鸡,
  • 花尾榛雞,

Voice song and cries

Gélinotte des bois
♂ adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Gélinotte des bois
♀ adult plum. breeding

Forest : Boreal, Temperate

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Gélinotte des bois
published: - Updated: 28-11-2005
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