Chinese grouse
| Chinese grouse | |
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| 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 | |
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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
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Bonasa sewerzowi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bonasa sewerzowi on Avibase
- ↑ Lockwood, W B (1993). The Oxford Dictionary of British Bird Names. OUP. ISBN 978-0198661962.