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Heather cock

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Heather cock
Male
Bird recordit in Fife, Scotland
Scientific classification edit
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Faimily: Phasianidae
Genus: Tetrao
Species: T. tetrix
Binomial name
Tetrao tetrix
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution o heather cock globally
Heather cock range[2]
Close up o distribution o heather cock in Europe
Distribution in Europe.[2]
Synonyms[3]

Lyrurus tetrix L.
Lyurus tetrix

The heather cock, black cock or gray foul (Tetrao tetrix) is a muckle gemme bird in the groose faimily.

References

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  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Lyrurus tetrix". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Retrieved 26 November 2013. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |last-author-amp= (help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. a b BirdLife International and NatureServe (2014) Bird Species Distribution Maps of the World. 2012. Lyrurus tetrix. In: IUCN 2014. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-27. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Dounlaidit on 02 Juin 2015.
  3. Lyrurus tetrix on Avibase