Hazel grouse

Hazel grouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Tetrastes
Species:
T. bonasia
Binomial name
Tetrastes bonasia
Range of T. bonasia
Synonyms[2]
  • Tetrao bonasia Linnaeus, 1758
  • Bonasa bonasia (Linnaeus, 1758)

The hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia), sometimes called the hazel hen, is one of the smaller members of the grouse family of birds. It is a sedentary species, breeding across the Palearctic as far east as Hokkaido, and as far west as eastern and central Europe, in dense, damp, mixed coniferous woodland, preferably with some spruce. The bird is sometimes referred to as "rabchick" (from рябчик) by early 20th century English speaking travellers to Russia.[3]

Hazel grouse
Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden
Hazel Grouse chick
Tetrastes bonasia rupestris - MHNT
  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Bonasa bonasia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22679494A85936486. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679494A85936486.en. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  2. ^ Peterson, Alan P. "Birds of the World — current valid scientific avian names". Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Chapter XXIV".