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The western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), also known as the Eurasian capercaillie, wood grouse, heather cock, cock-of-the-woods, or simply capercaillie / ˌ k æ p ər ˈ k eɪ l (j) i /, is a heavy member of the grouse family and the largest of all extant grouse species.
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The Capercaillie bird is the largest member of the grouse family, reaching over 100 centimetres in length and 4 kilograms in weight. Found across northern Europe and Asia, it is renowned for its unique mating display. Male Capercaillie are called ‘cocks’ and females are called ‘hens’.
bird. Also known as: Tetrao urogallus, capercailzie, cock of the wood, cock of the woods. Written and fact-checked by. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
How to identify. The Capercaillie is a huge woodland grouse – the large black males are unmistakable. They spend a lot of time feeding on the ground, but may also be found in trees, eating shoots and buds. They breed in Scottish native pinewood, a rare and vulnerable habitat, and in commercial conifer tree plantations.
Capercaillie. Tetrao urogallus (Linnaeus, 1758) CP CAPER 3350. Family: Galliformes > Phasianidae. This very large bird, now confined to the pine forests of northern Scotland, once had a wider distribution within Britain & Ireland.
Genetic differentiation of the western capercaillie highlights the importance of south-eastern Europe for understanding the species phylogeography. PLoS ONE, 6: e23602. Butchart, S., J. Eckstrom, A. Symes. 2010. "LC Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus" (On-line). Birdlife International.
