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Huge gamebird of conifer forest, adjacent moorland, and clearings with shrubs, mainly in wilder areas. Mostly elusive, but occasional males go "rogue" and attack hikers. Groups of males display just after dawn in early spring, holding their tail raised and fanned like a turkey. Massive male is blackish overall with long tail, white shoulder spot.
About. The capercaillie is a huge gamebird, the size of a turkey, that lives in the forests of Scotland. Loss of its woodland habitat led to the capercaillie becoming extinct in the UK in the mid-18th century, but birds were reintroduced from Sweden almost a century later. They are now restricted to pine forests in the north of Scotland, where ...
26 de jun. de 2023 · Capercaillie. This impressive bird, whose main habitat is pine woodland, is the world’s largest grouse species. Capercaillie males weigh in at around 4kg – roughly the same as a turkey – while females are about half that weight. So it seems apt that the Gaelic name for the bird is capall-coille, meaning ‘horse of the forest’.
Capercaillie. The world’s largest grouse, the capercaillie is an impressive bird which has roamed pine forests for thousands of years. Made extinct in the mid-18 th century, it has since made a comeback, but is under threat of extinction in the UK once more. Caperciallies are birds of woodland, restricted to the native pinewoods of Scotland.
The male Western Capercaillie, or cock, is a majestic bird with a length ranging from 74 to 85 centimeters and a wingspan stretching from 90 to 125 centimeters. Weighing an average of 4.1 kilograms, the cock boasts dark grey to dark brown body feathers and a lustrous dark metallic green on the breast. The belly and undertail coverts show a ...
In the Scottish pinewoods, the rare bird Capercaillie makes an appearance.Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more videos from BBC Earth: Planet Earth...
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The capercaillie is one of three bird species that is restricted to pinewood habitat in northern Scotland (the other two are the crested tit ( Parus cristatus ), and the Scottish crossbill ( Loxia scotia )). It prefers old, open pine forests with lush ericaceous ground cover, though in summer it is occasionally found in mature oakwoods.
