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Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
The Black Grouse or Blackgame (Tetrao tetrix) is a large game bird in the grouse family. It is a sedentary species, breeding across northern Eurasia in moorland and bog areas near to woodland, mostly boreal. The Black Grouse is closely related to the Caucasian Grouse. Source: Wikipedia
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Order:
Galliformes
Family:
Phasianidae
Genus:
Lyrurus
Scientific:
Lyrurus tetrix
Citation:
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Reference:
Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.159
Protonym:
Tetrao Tetrix
Avibase ID:
D4441CD6E9C993EF
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D4441CD6
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 677538
Geographic range:
- Lyrurus tetrix tetrix: Scandinavia to France and n Italy east to Siberia
- Lyrurus tetrix britannicus: Great Britain (northern England and Scotland, including the Inner Hebrides)
- Lyrurus tetrix viridanus: SE Russia to Siberian steppes
- Lyrurus tetrix tschusii: S Siberia south to nw Altai and Sayan mountains
- Lyrurus tetrix mongolicus: Russian Altai to Chinese Turkestan
- Lyrurus tetrix ussuriensis: SE Siberia (Lake Baikal) to nw Korea and n Mongolia
- Lyrurus tetrix baikalensis: SE Siberia to n Mongolia and nw Manchuria
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Source: Clements checklist
Black Grouse
Czech:
tetřívek obecný
German:
Birkhuhn
Danish:
Urfugl
Spanish:
Gallo lira común
Finnish:
teeri
French:
Tétras lyre
Icelandic:
Orri
Italian:
Fagiano di monte
Japanese:
kuroraichou
Japanese:
クロライチョウ
Dutch:
Korhoen
Norwegian:
Orrfugl
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Orrfugl
Polish:
cietrzew
Portuguese:
Galo-lira
Russian:
Тетерев
Slovak:
tetrov hoľniak
Swedish:
orre
Ukrainian:
Тетерук євразійський
Chinese:
黑琴鸡
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Tétras lyre ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Tétras lyre ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Black Grouse ( Lyurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Eurasian Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Eurasian Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Eurasian Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Eurasian Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Eurasian Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Eurasian Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Eurasian Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Eurasian Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Eurasian Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Eurasian Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Eurasian Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Eurasian Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Oriental Bird Club: Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| James Lee Peters: Lyrurus tetrix [version 1] |
| James Lee Peters (original): Lyrurus tetrix [version 1] |
| James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Lyrurus tetrix [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996): Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Lyrurus tetrix [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Lyrurus tetrix [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
Belarusian: cieciaruk, Касач, цецярук
Bulgarian: Тетрев
Breton: skilgog du
Catalan: Gall de cua forcada, Perdiu blanca
Valencian: Perdiu blanca
Montenegrin: tetrijeb ruševac
Czech: tetøívek obecný, tetřívek, Tetrívek obecný, Tetřívek obecný
Chuvash: Ахаль ăсан
Welsh: Ceiliog ddu, Ceiliog y mynydd, Grugiag ddu, grugiar ddu, Iâr ddu y mynydd
Danish: Urfugl
German: Birkhuhn
Greek: [liropeteinos], liropeteinos, Λυροπετεινός
English: Black Grouse, Blackcock, Eurasian Black Grouse, Northern Black Grouse
English (IOC): Black Grouse
Esperanto: Tetro
Spanish: Gallo lira, Gallo lira común, Gallo-lira Común, Urogallo Lira
Spanish (Spain): Gallo Lira Común
Spanish (HBW): Gallo lira común
Estonian: Teder
Basque: lira-oilar, Lira-oilarra
Finnish: Teeri
Faroese: orri
French: Coq de bruyère, Petit Coq de bruyère, Petit Tétras, Tétras lyre, Tétras-lyre
Friulian: forcel, gjal forcel, gjal forcjŕs
Frisian: kuorhin
Irish: Dúchoileach, galo lira, liathchearc
Gaelic: Cearc Liach, Coileach-Dubh, Liath-Chearc
Galician: Galo lira
Manx: kellagh doo, kiark lheeah
Hebrew: שכו-י עוגן
Croatian: mali tetrijeb, Tetrijeb ruševac
Hungarian: Nyírfajd
Icelandic: Orri
Italian: Fagiano di monte, Fagiano di monte eurasiatico, faginao di monte, forcello, gallo forcello
Japanese: kuro raichō, kuroraichou, Kuro-raichou
Japanese: クロライチョウ
Japanese (Kanji): 黒雷鳥
Khakas: Кÿркÿ
Kazakh: Құр
Kazakh (Transliteration): qur
Korean: 멧닭
Korean (Transliteration): me-t-dalg
Cornish: Culyek du, kulyek du, yar du, Yar wyls, Yer gwyls
Scientific: Lyrurus tetrix, Lyrurus tetrix tetrix, Lyurus tetrix, Tetrao tetrix
Ladino: gial fosch
Luxembourgish: Bierkhong
Lithuanian: Burbulis, Cecerukas, Eurazinis tetervinas, tetervinas, Tetirva
Latvian: Melnais teteris, rubenis, teteris
Macedonian: mal tetreb, Лирест (Мал) тетреб, мал тетреб
Mongolian: Хар хур, Хур
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠠᠷᠠ ᠬᠣᠷᠠ
Mongolian (Buryat): Хура
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠣᠷ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Хур, Хур гургуул
Mongolian (Transliteration): khar khur, khur, khur gurguul, khurа
Moldavian: Cocoșul de mesteacăn
Dutch: Korheoen, Korhoen
Norwegian Nynorsk: Orrfugl
Norwegian: Orfugl, Orrfugl
Occitan: gal salvatge
Polish: cietrzew, cietrzew (zwyczajny), Cietrzew zwyczajny
Pinyin: hēi qín jī
Portuguese: galo lira, galolira, Galo-lira, Tetraz-lira
Portuguese (Portugal): Tetraz-lira
Romansh: cot, Cot da draussa, giaglina da draussa, gialina da draussa
Romanian: Cocoş de mesteacăn, cocos-de-mesteacan, cocoş-de-mesteacăn
Russian: teterev, Косач, Полевой тетерев, Тетерев, Тетерев обыкновенный, тетерев-косач
Sardinian: cirolitta, fagianu, fazanu, pidraxu de monti, tzurulittu
Scots: Coileach dubh, eun-fraoich
Northern Sami: hurri
Slovak: tetrov hoľniak, Tetrov obyčajný
Slovenian: ruševec, škarjevec
Albanian: Gjeli i egër bishtlirë, gjeli lirë, Pule e egër
Serbian: mali, Ruševac, tetreb, tetrijeb ruževac, мали, Ружавак, тетреб, тетреб мали, Тетреб ружавац, Тетреб рушевак, Тетреб рушевац
Swedish: Orre
Turkmen: orman horozu
Turkish: Orman horozu, Orman Tavuğu, Құр
Tuvinian: Күртү
Ukrainian: teteruk, Тетерев, тетерук, Тетерук євразійський
Sorbian, Lower: źiwa kokoš
Sorbian, Upper: brězan, ćećor
Chinese: [dou ji], [hei qin ji], [hei ye-ji], [wu-ji], 乌鸡, 斗鸡, 黑琴鸡, 黑野鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 黑琴雞
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