Severtzov's Grouse

Severtzov's Grouse

Taxobox
name = Severtzov's Grouse
status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Galliformes
familia = Tetraonidae
genus = "Bonasa"
species = "B. sewerzowi"
binomial = "Bonasa sewerzowi"
binomial_authority = (Przewalski, 1876)

Severtzov's Grouse, also known as the Chinese Grouse or Black-breasted Hazel Grouse ("Bonasa 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.

References

* Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened

External links

*ARKive - [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/birds/Bonasa_sewerzowi/ images and movies of the Chinese grouse "(Bonasa sewerzowi)"]
* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=298&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]


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