Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus 1758 (western capercaillie)

Aves - Galliformes - Phasianidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Tetrao according to L. Carrera et al. 2018

See also Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak 1998, Carrera et al. 2018, Clements et al. 2017, Linnaeus 1758 and Mlikovsky 2002

Sister taxa: Tetrao conjugens, Tetrao macropus, Tetrao praeurogallus, Tetrao rhodopensis, Tetrao urogalloides

Ecology: volant granivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Finland (11 collections), Italy (4), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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