Western Capercaillie

Tetrao urogallus (Linnaeus, 1758)

		male female Adult male displaying
2017-10-19 Krasnoyarsk Territory, Shushensky District, 2023-04-30 KO Industrialovsky district2023-02-11 Krasnoyarsk krai	© Sergey Chumakov © Nina Shteinbrenner© Nikita Yablokov

Biology

Resident. Inhabits the pine and otrher light conifer forests both on plains and in mountains at altitudes 1450-1900 m. In April - May males display, often in groups (usually 3-10 birds). Nest is built by female mostly on southern slopes, under the bush in shallow hole and is lined with thin twigs and grass. Clutch of 6-8 eggs is laid from early-mid May to early June. Only female incubates clutch and care juveniles which hatch from the end of May to early July. In September - October birds join to flocks (separately males and females) and begin to disperse in nearby areas with plenty food, at distance more than 50 km.

Subspecies

References

В.К.Рябицев. "Птицы Сибири". Москва-Екатеринбург, Изд-во "Кабинетный ученый", 2014.