Tetrao
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| Tetrao | |
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| Tetrao urogallus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Subfamily: | Tetraoninae |
| Genus: | Tetrao Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Tetrao mlokosiewiczi |
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Tetrao is a genus of birds in the grouse subfamily. It has four species.
[edit] Species
- Eurasian Black Grouse, Tetrao tetrix
- Caucasian Black Grouse, Tetrao mlokosiewiczi
- Western Capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus
- Black-billed Capercaillie, Tetrao parvirostris
The fossil record of this genus is quite extensive:
- Tetrao conjugens (Early Pliocene of C Europe)
- Tetrao rhodopensis (Early Pliocene of Dorkovo, Bulgaria)
- Tetrao partium (Early Pliocene - Early Pleistocene of SE Europe)
- Tetrao macropus (Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene of Hungary)
- Tetrao praeurogallus (Early - Middle Pleistocene of E Europe)
- Tetrao tetrix longipes (Pleistocene of W Europe)
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