Chinese grouse

Chinese grouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Tetraoninae
Genus: Tetrastes
Species: T. sewerzowi
Binomial name
Tetrastes sewerzowi
Przewalski, 1876
Synonyms[2]
  • Bonasa sewerzowi

The Chinese grouse, also known as the Severtzov's grouse or black-breasted hazel grouse[2] (Tetrastes sewerzowi) is a grouse species closely related to the hazel grouse.

It is a sedentary bird which inhabits conifer-rich mixed montane forests of central China. The bird is very similar in appearance to the hazel grouse apart from less of a white stripe on the head and neck.

The bird is named after a Russian explorer and naturalist, Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov.[3]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Bonasa sewerzowi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Bonasa sewerzowi". Avibase.
  3. Lockwood, W B (1993). The Oxford Dictionary of British Bird Names. OUP. ISBN 978-0198661962.

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