Tetrastes
Genus of birds
Tetrastes | |
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Male hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Tribe: | Tetraonini |
Genus: | Tetrastes Keyserling & J. H. Blasius, 1840 |
Type species | |
Tetrao bonasius Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Species | |
Tetrastes bonasia |
Tetrastes is a genus of birds in the grouse subfamily. It contains the following species:
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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![]() | Tetrastes bonasia | Hazel grouse | northern Eurasia as far east as Hokkaido, and as far west as central and eastern Europe |
Tetrastes sewerzowi | Chinese grouse | central China. |
Both species live in forests with at least some conifers in cool regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
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Genera of landfowl and their extinct allies
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Superorder: Galloanserae
- Clade: Pangalliformes
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