#1160 · 🐦 birds

Hazel Grouse

🇳🇱 Hazelhoen ·Tetrastes bonasia

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Sergey Yeliseev · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Tatiana Bulyonkova · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Francesco Veronesi · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Alexander Ganse · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © tukkki · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Иван Матершев · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Краснокамский р-н, Респ. Башкортостан, Россия:© Александр · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. Слободской р-н, Кировская обл., Россия:© vyatka · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Краснокамский р-н, Респ. Башкортостан, Россия:© Александр · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
10. Семеновский р-н, Нижегородская обл., Россия:© Полина · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The hazel grouse ( Tetrastes bonasia ), sometimes called the hazel hen , is one of the smaller members of the grouse family of birds. It is a sedentary species, breeding across northern Eurasia as far east as Hokkaido, and as far west as central and eastern Europe, in dense, damp, mixed coniferous woodland, preferably with some spruce.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,321iNaturalist observations
weight 369 gadult, 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).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,321 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 369 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).