Western Capercaillie / Tetrao urogallus LC

Synonyms Wood Grouse, Common Capercaillie, Capercaillie, Capercaille, Eurasian Capercaillie
Old latin name for bird Tetrao major

Western Capercailliebird sounds *

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Lekking, male, © Elias A. Ryberg
Norway
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Call, female, © Patrik Åberg
Sweden
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Song, © Ulf Elman
Sweden
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Call, female, © Harry Lehto
Finland
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Male, song, © Patrik Åberg
Sweden
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Male, song, © Antero Lindholm
Finland
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Wing noise, © Thomas Bergman
Sweden
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Call, male, © Elias A. Ryberg
Norway
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Male, song, © PE Svahn
Sweden

* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Black-billed Capercaillie

Where to see Western Capercaillie

Breeding region Eurasia
Breeding subregion nw, nc

Western Capercaillie subspecies (8)

Subspecies	Breeding subregion	Nonbreeding subregion	Extinct
Tetrao urogallus aquitanicus	Pyrenees (France and Spain)	-	No
Tetrao urogallus cantabricus	nw Spain	-	No
Tetrao urogallus crassirostris	Germany and Poland to the Balkan Pen.	-	No
Tetrao urogallus kureikensis	nw Russia	-	No
Tetrao urogallus taczanowskii	c Siberia to nw Mongolia and n Korean Pen.	-	No
Tetrao urogallus uralensis	sw Russia	-	No
Tetrao urogallus urogallus	Scotland and Scandinavia to the White Sea (Russia)	-	No
Tetrao urogallus volgensis	s, c Belarus and ec Russia	-	No

Species Name in Other Languages

Language	Translation
Abkhazian	аӠӷымбыб, аШӘишәи Дагәа
Albanian	Gjeli i maleve, gjeli i egër, Gjeli egër, Gjeli i eger
Bashkir	селәүсен, урман тауығы, һуйыр, һаңғырау ҡор
Basque	Basoilarra, basoilar, Gall fer
Belarusian	hłušec, Глушэц, глушэц
Breton	skilgog meur
Bulgarian	gluhar, Глухар
Catalan	Gall de bosc, gall fer comú, Gall fer, gall salvatge
Chinese	[lín-ji], [Xifang song-ji], 西方松鸡, 松鸡, [song-ji], 林鸡
Chinese (Traditional)	松雞, 西方松雞
Chuvash	Ахаль карăк, карăк, карăкĕ, карăксем
Cornish	Colyek cors, Culyek cors, kulyek kors
Croatian	tetrijeb, tetrijeb gluhan
Czech	Tetřev lesní, tetřev hlušec, tetřev, Tetrev lesní, Tetrev hlušec, tetøev hlušec
Danish	Tjur
Dutch	Auerhoen
Esperanto	Urogalo
Estonian	metsis (mõtus), metsis e. mõtus, motus, metsis mőtus, Metsis, mõtus
Finnish	metso, Metso; Koppelo, Koppelo
French	Coq de bruyère, Grand Tétras, Grand Coq de bruyère
Frisian	Auerhin
Galician	Galo lira, Gall fer, Pita do monte
German	Auerhuhn
Greek	(Δυτικός) Αγριόκουρκος, Αγριόκουρκος, [Agriokourkοs], Αγριόκoυρκoς, Agriokourkοs
Hebrew	שכו-י ענק, שכווי ענק
Hungarian	siketfajd
Icelandic	Þiður
Irish	pita do monte, galo do monte, capall coille
Italian	urogallo, Gallo cedrone, Gallo cedrone eurasiatico
Japanese	ヨアロッパオオライチョウ, ヨーロッパオオライチョウ
Kazakh	Мењіреу құр, саңырау құр, меңіреу құр, меңіреуқұр
Latvian	mednis
Lithuanian	Glušėkas, Kurčius, kurtinys, vakarinis kurtinys
Luxembourgish	Auerhong
Macedonian	Голем тетреб, голем тетреб, тетреб, tetreb
Manx	cabbyl keylley
Mongolian	Сойр, Эгэл сойр
Northern Sami	Beahceloddi, Čukčá
Norwegian	storfugl, Barfugl
Norwegian Nynorsk	Storfugl
Occitan	Gal salvatge, pavon salvatge
Polish	gluszec, głuszec (zwyczajny), głuszec, Głuszec zwyczajny
Portuguese	tetraz-real, galomontês, Tetraz
Romanian	cocos-de-munte, Cocoş de munte, Cocoș de munte, cocoş-de-munte
Romansh	Cot da taus, gialina da taus, Gialina da draussa, giaglina da taus, cot
Russian	Обыкновенный глухарь, Glukhar, Глухарь обыкновенный, gluhar', Глухарь
Serbian	велики, тетреб, Veliki tetreb, Тетреб велики, Глухан, Gluhan, Tetreb, veliki tetrijeb, Тетреб глухан, veliki
Slovak	tetrov hlucháň, tetrov hlucháň/hlucháň obyčajný, hlucháň hôrny, Hlucháň obyčajný
Slovenian	veliki petelin, divji petelin
Spanish	gallo silvestre, Urogallo Comun, Urogallo común, Urogallo
Swedish	tjäder
Tajik	глухари муқаррарӣ, дурроҷи муқаррарӣ
Tatar	суерлар, урман тавыгы, суеры, суер, гади суер
Turkish	Büyük Orman Tavuğu, Меңіреу құр
Turkmen	çalihorozu
Ukrainian	глушець білодзьобий, Глушець, gluhar, глухар
Uzbek	карқур
Welsh	Ceiliog coed, Ceiliog y coed, grugiar y coed