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Red Grouse

🇳🇱 Schots Sneeuwhoen ·Lagopus scotica

🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Nigel Voaden · CC BY 4.0
  2. 2. © Nigel Voaden · CC BY 4.0
  3. 3. © A Emmerson · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. © A Emmerson · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. Lancashire, UK:© Cornelius Jones · CC BY-NC 4.0
  6. 6. North Yorkshire, UK:© Dave · CC BY 4.0
  7. 7. England, GB:© Ece Goksu · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. Cow Hill, Fort William, UK:© Steve Holmes · CC BY-NC 4.0
  9. 9. Letterunshin, Co. Sligo, Ireland:© seabirder · CC BY-NC 4.0
  10. 10. Highland Council, UK:© Viktor · CC BY 4.0
Red Grouse, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Nigel Voaden · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The red grouse ( Lagopus scotica ) is a medium-sized bird of the grouse family which is found in heather moorland in Great Britain and Ireland.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,193iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 1,193 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Red Grouse
Nederlands
Schots Sneeuwhoen
scientific name
Lagopus scotica
class
Aves
order
Galliformes
family
Phasianidae
sightings in NL
0
sightings in Europe
1,045
sightings worldwide
1,193
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Phasianidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1580323, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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