Lyrurus

Lyrurus is a genus of birds in the grouse subfamily.

Lyrurus
Temporal range: Early Pliocene to recent
Black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Tetraoninae
Genus: Lyrurus
Swainson, 1832
Species

Lyrurus tetrix
Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi

Species

There are two extant species:

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Lyrurus tetrixBlack grouseEurope (Swiss-Italian-French Alps specially) from Great Britain (but not Ireland) through Scandinavia and Estonia into Russia
Lyrurus mlokosiewicziCaucasian grousesoutheastern Europe
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