Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (37)
- Subspecies (7)
Eduardo de Juana, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.1 — Published August 18, 2021
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Gjeli i egër bishtlirë |
| Bulgarian | Тетрев |
| Catalan | gall cuaforcat |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黑琴鸡 |
| Croatian | tetrijeb ruševac |
| Czech | tetřívek obecný |
| Danish | Urfugl |
| Dutch | Korhoen |
| English | Black Grouse |
| English (United States) | Black Grouse |
| Faroese | Orri |
| Finnish | teeri |
| French | Tétras lyre |
| French (France) | Tétras lyre |
| German | Birkhuhn |
| Greek | Λυροπετεινός |
| Hebrew | שכווי שחור |
| Hungarian | Nyírfajd |
| Icelandic | Orri |
| Italian | Fagiano di monte |
| Japanese | クロライチョウ |
| Latvian | Rubenis |
| Lithuanian | Tetervinas |
| Mongolian | Хар хур |
| Norwegian | orrfugl |
| Polish | cietrzew |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Tetraz-lira |
| Romanian | Cocoș de mesteacăn |
| Russian | Тетерев |
| Serbian | Ruševac |
| Slovak | tetrov hoľniak |
| Slovenian | Ruševec |
| Spanish | Gallo Lira Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gallo lira común |
| Swedish | orre |
| Turkish | Orman Horozu |
| Ukrainian | Тетерук євразійський |
Lyrurus tetrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Tetrao Tetrix
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.159.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Habitat in Europae frigidae Ericetis, Betuletis' = Sweden, ex Fn. Svec.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LYRURUS
- lyrurus
- tetrix
- Tetrix
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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