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Tetrao
Sign in to saveTetrao 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.
In the Vinony graph
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
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderGalliformes
- FamilyPhasianidae
via GBIF
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
- Image
- Tetrao urogallus Richard Bartz.jpg
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- Tetrao
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- 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.