Tetrastes
Appearance
Tetrastes | |
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Female hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Tribe: | Tetraonini |
Genus: | Tetrastes Keyserling & J. H. Blasius, 1840 |
Species | |
Tetrastes is a genus of birds in the grouse subfamily. It contains the following species:
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Tetrastes bonasia | Hazel grouse | northern Eurasia as far east as Hokkaido, and as far west as central and eastern Europe | |
Tetrastes sewerzowi | Chinese grouse | central China. |
Both species live in forests with at least some conifers in cool regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
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