#0831 · 🐦 birds

Black Grouse

🇳🇱 Korhoen ·Lyrurus tetrix

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The black grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix ), also known as northern black grouse , Eurasian black grouse , blackgame or blackcock , is a large game bird in the grouse family. It is a sedentary species, spanning across the Palearctic in moorland and steppe habitat when breeding, often near wooded areas. They will spend the winter perched in dense forests, feeding almost exclusively on the needles of conifers. The black grouse is one of two species of grouse in the genus...

base stats

NL sightings 14iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 11,467iNaturalist observations
weight 1.2 kgadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

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).