Tetrao: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Tetrao
Species
Scientific Name: Tetrao

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Tetrao

Tetrao is a genus of birds in the grouse subfamily known as capercaillies. They are some of the largest living grouse. Feathers from the bird were used to create the characteristic hat of the bersaglieri, an Italian ace infantry formation.

Tetrao in languages:

Arabic: ديك الخلنج
Belarusian: Цецярукі
Bokmål: Storfugler
Bulgarian: Глухари
Czech: tetřev, tetřívek
English: Capercaillies
Finnish: metsot
Finnish: teeret
German: Spielhühner
German: Auerhühner
Japanese: オオライチョウ属
Russian: Тетерева
Russian: Глухари

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