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[[Image:Hazel_Grouse.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Daniele_Occhiato|Daniele Occhiato}}.<br/> Vaaltavara, [[Finland]], May 2005]]
[[Image:Hazel_Grouse.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Daniele Occhiato.<br/> Photo taken: Vaaltavara, Finland.]]
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'''Bonasa bonasia'''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
35-39cm length. Grey upperparts, brown wings and chestnut flecked white underparts.
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[[Image:Hazel_Grouse_female_by_RBirder.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Female<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|RBirder|RBirder}}.<br/>Kandalaksha gulf, [[Russia]]]]
 
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35–40 cm (13¾-15¾ in)
The male has a short erectile crest and a white-bordered black throat. The female has a shorter crest and lacks the black throat.
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*Grey upperparts
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*Brown wings
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*Chestnut flecked white underparts<br />
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'''Male''': a short erectile crest and a white-bordered black throat.<br />
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'''Female''': a shorter crest and lacks the black throat
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[Scandinavia]], central and eastern [[Europe]], [[Russia]] and [[Siberia]] to [[Japan]] and northern [[Korea]].
 
[[Scandinavia]], central and eastern [[Europe]], [[Russia]] and [[Siberia]] to [[Japan]] and northern [[Korea]].
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Twelve subspecies are recognized:
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Formerly placed in genus [[:Category:Bonasa|Bonasa]] by some authorities.
*''B. b. styriaca''
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====Subspecies====
*''B. b. rhenana''  
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[[Image:DSCN9602.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Chick, subspecies ''bonasia''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Royfinn|Royfinn}}<br />Iisalmi, [[Finland]], June 2018]]
*''B. b. rupestris''
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Twelve subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
*''B. b. schiebeli''
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*''T. b. styriacus'': Jura Mountains, Alps, [[Hungary]], [[Slovakia]] and southern [[Poland]]
*''B. b. volgensis''
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*''T. b. rhenanus'': North East [[France]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Belgium]] and West [[Germany]]
*''B. b. bonasia''
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*''T. b. rupestris'': South [[Germany]], Bohemia and Sudety Mountains
*''B. b. griseonota''
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*''T. b. schiebeli'': Balkan Peninsula
*''B. b. siberica''
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*''T. b. volgensis'': [[Poland]] and [[Ukraine]] to central European [[Russia]]
*''B. b. kolymensis''
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*''T. b. bonasia'': South [[Scandinavia]], [[Finland]] and northern European Russia to Ural Mountains
*''B. b. amurensis''
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*''T. b. griseonota'': North [[Sweden]]
*''B. b. yamashinai''
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*''T. b. sibiricus'': [[Siberia]] to Altai Mountains, Sayan Mountains and northern [[Mongolia]]
*''B. b. vicinatas''
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*''T. b. kolymensis'': Extreme eastern Siberia to Sea of Okhotsk
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*''T. b. amurensis'': South Amurland and Little Khingan Mountains to northern [[Korea]]
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*''T. b. yamashinai'': Sakhalin (Russia)
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*''T. b. vicinitas'': Hokkaido (northern [[Japan]])
  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Dense, damp, mixed coniferous woodland, preferably with some spruce.
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[[File:Hazel_Grouse_MAJS.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|majsujan|majsujan}}<br />Estenstadmarka, [[Trondheim]], [[Norway]], 7 March 2021]]
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Dense, damp, mixed coniferous deciduous woodland, preferably with some spruce.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
The nest is on the ground, and 3-6 eggs is the normal clutch size. The female takes all responsibility for incubating the eggs and caring for the chicks
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====Breeding====
 
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The clutch consists of 3-6 eggs, which are laid in a ground nest. The female alone incubates the eggs and cares for the chicks.
This bird feeds on the ground, taking mainly plant food, supplemented by insects when breeding.
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====Diet====
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They have a mainly vegetarian diet, supplemented by insects when breeding. During hard winter weather, they eat catkins, bugs and twigs of various trees and shrubs such as alder, birch, hazel and aspen.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Oct 2017)
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#ZipcodeZoo
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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Search for scientific name ''Bonasa bonasia'':
 
{{GSearch|Bonasa+bonasia}}
 
{{GSearch|Bonasa+bonasia}}
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Bonasa]]
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Search for scientific name ''Tetrastes bonasia'':
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{{GSearch|Tetrastes+bonasia}}
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Bonasa]] [[Category:Tetrastes]]

Latest revision as of 21:07, 9 March 2021

Male
Photo © by Daniele Occhiato.
Vaaltavara, Finland, May 2005
Tetrastes bonasia

Bonasa bonasia

Identification

Female
Photo © by RBirder.
Kandalaksha gulf, Russia

35–40 cm (13¾-15¾ in)

  • Grey upperparts
  • Brown wings
  • Chestnut flecked white underparts

Male: a short erectile crest and a white-bordered black throat.
Female: a shorter crest and lacks the black throat

Distribution

Scandinavia, central and eastern Europe, Russia and Siberia to Japan and northern Korea.

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus Bonasa by some authorities.

Subspecies

Chick, subspecies bonasia
Photo © by Royfinn
Iisalmi, Finland, June 2018

Twelve subspecies are recognized[1]:

  • T. b. styriacus: Jura Mountains, Alps, Hungary, Slovakia and southern Poland
  • T. b. rhenanus: North East France, Luxembourg, Belgium and West Germany
  • T. b. rupestris: South Germany, Bohemia and Sudety Mountains
  • T. b. schiebeli: Balkan Peninsula
  • T. b. volgensis: Poland and Ukraine to central European Russia
  • T. b. bonasia: South Scandinavia, Finland and northern European Russia to Ural Mountains
  • T. b. griseonota: North Sweden
  • T. b. sibiricus: Siberia to Altai Mountains, Sayan Mountains and northern Mongolia
  • T. b. kolymensis: Extreme eastern Siberia to Sea of Okhotsk
  • T. b. amurensis: South Amurland and Little Khingan Mountains to northern Korea
  • T. b. yamashinai: Sakhalin (Russia)
  • T. b. vicinitas: Hokkaido (northern Japan)

Habitat

Female
Photo © by majsujan
Estenstadmarka, Trondheim, Norway, 7 March 2021

Dense, damp, mixed coniferous deciduous woodland, preferably with some spruce.

Behaviour

Breeding

The clutch consists of 3-6 eggs, which are laid in a ground nest. The female alone incubates the eggs and cares for the chicks.

Diet

They have a mainly vegetarian diet, supplemented by insects when breeding. During hard winter weather, they eat catkins, bugs and twigs of various trees and shrubs such as alder, birch, hazel and aspen.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Oct 2017)
  3. ZipcodeZoo

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External Links

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Search for scientific name Tetrastes bonasia:

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