— GROUSE & PHEASANTS (Galliformes) —

HAZELHEN / HAZEL GROUSE (Bonasia bonasia) - Gélinotte des bois

A shy bird of evergreen forests with dense undergrowth, seldom seen and with extremely high-pitched calls:

BLACK GROUSE (Tetrao tetrix) - Tétras lyre

A hill and mountain bird of forest and forest edges. Quite shy and with a strange “bubbling” call that may remind you of a dove:

CAPERCAILLIE (Tetrao urogallus) - Grand tétras

A shy and rare bird of old growth forest, one of the largest birds in Europe. It displays in leks with a characteristic “cork popping sound”:

ROCK PARTRIDGE (Alectoris graeca) Perdrix bartavelle

A not so common bird of the mountains where it inhabits sunny slopes rich with boulders, rocky outcrops and loose scree below cliffs. Very hard to spot due to its cryptic colouration, it is often first detected from its staccato stridulating call:

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PHEASANT (Phasianus colchicus) - Faisan de colchide

An introduced species of forest edge and fringe of agricultural lands, now well established in Europe. It has a distinctive harsh “crow” call:

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