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Tetrao

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Tetrao is a genus of birds in the grouse subfamily known as capercaillies. They are some of the largest living grouse and can be found in the forested areas of the Eurasian Palearctic.

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Vinony's link graph records 313 inbound references to Tetrao, and connects out to Western Capercaillie, Tetraoninae and Odontophoridae.

It is catalogued under topics including Bird genera, Birds of Eurasia and Tetrao.

Vinony links it to 46 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderGalliformes
  5. FamilyPhasianidae
Observations recorded238,960

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
43
Family
Phasianidae
Collections
USNM, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, ANSP, UMZC, NHMUK, GNM
Recorded in
United Kingdom, Russia, Sweden, Norway, [England; U.K.], United States, Great Britain [United Kingdom], Poland

Wikidata facts

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Tetrao urogallus Richard Bartz.jpg
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taxon name
Tetrao
Commons category
Tetrao
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Species
  • References

Tetrao is a genus of birds in the grouse subfamily known as capercaillies. They are some of the largest living grouse and can be found in the forested areas of the Eurasian Palearctic.

Feathers from the bird were used to decorate the characteristic hat of the bersaglieri, an Italian ace infantry formation.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tetrao” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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