Black Grouse

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Black Grouse	Home Bird Orders
		Alternate name
	Tetrao tetrix	Scientific name
	Galliformes	Order
	Phasianidae	Family
	49-55 cm male 40-45 cm female	Length
	Shrubland, Heath, moor and pastoral land. < 3,000 m	Habitat
	8 -10 eggs from mid May	Clutch Eggs
	Cereal, seeds. birch catkins bog cotton flowers.	Food Diet
	Males defends a territory to attract females at a Lek.	Habits
	290	World No
	Declining in Britain and Europe. UK's Red List News Internationaly Least concern.	Status

Uploaded on March 24, 2007
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Black Grouse song
(Tetrao tetrix)
Patrik Åberg XC26783
22-04-2007, Sweden

Black Grouse Display
(Tetrao tetrix)
Patrik Åberg XC29636
30-11-2008, Sweden

Black Grouse Song
(Tetrao tetrix)
Ante Strand XC28656
03-05-1992, Sweden

Black grouse in Norway

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