Pheasants & Allies

Western Capercaillie

Tetrao urogallus

The Western Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) is a 2.7 kg forest bird. It stays put all year.

Family

Pheasants & Allies

Order

Galliformes

Weight

2.7 kg

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

22

Recorded in Sweden, Finland, Norway, United Kingdom, France, Estonia, Austria, Russia, Spain, Germany, Ukraine, Switzerland, Latvia, Poland, Italy, Belarus, Slovakia, Romania, Czechia, Bulgaria, Andorra, Lithuania.

Where to see it: Andorra · route d'Arcalis (Andorra); Arcalis (Andorra); Kolka (Latvia); Andorra la Vella (Andorra); Põõsaspea neem (Estonia).

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist