- Tetrao urogalloides
Identification
Male is mostly black, large white spots at the tips of uppertail coverts and wings.
Female is greyer than the western species with more uniformly scaled underparts, and has more noticeable white spots on wings.
Similar Species
Distribution
Eastern Russia, Mongolia and China.
Taxonomy
The scientific name was formerly parvirostris but urogalloides has precedence.
Subspecies
There are 3 subspecies[1]:
- T. u. urogalloides:
- Eastern Siberia to northern Manchuria, Ussuriland and Sakhalin Island
- T. u. kamtschaticus:
- Kamchatka Peninsula
- T. u. stegmanni:
- Lake Baikal region, Sayan Mountains and n Mongolia
Habitat
Larch taiga forest in lowland and mountainous areas and montane forests.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes larch, birch twigs, shoots and rosehips in winter. During spring and summer, a wide variety of herbs, grasses and invertebrates are eaten; ericaceous shrubs being a major constituent of their diet.
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Black-billed Capercaillie. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-billed_Capercaillie
External Links
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