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#1253 · 🐦 birds

Caucasian Grouse

🇳🇱 Kaukasisch Korhoen ·Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi

NTnear threatened 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL
Caucasian Grouse, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Andrew Bazdyrev · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The Caucasian grouse or Caucasian black grouse ( Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi ) is a large bird in the grouse family. It is closely related to the black grouse ( L. tetrix ).

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 99iNaturalist observations
  • threat NTnear threatened

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.
  • 99 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Caucasian Grouse
Nederlands
Kaukasisch Korhoen
scientific name
Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi
class
Aves
order
Galliformes
family
Phasianidae
IUCN Red List
NT · near threatened
sightings in NL
0
sightings in Europe
29
sightings worldwide
99
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

IUCN in Dutch: gevoelig. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Phasianidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1289696, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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