What is Caucasian grouse?
{{speciesbox | image = Tetras du caucase jogo 0g.jpg | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name =IUCN>{{IUCN|id=22679483 |title=''Tetrao mlokosiewiczi'' |assessor=BirdLife International |assessor-link=BirdLife International |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref> | genus = Tetrao | species = mlokosiewiczi | authority = [[Wladyslaw Taczanowski|Taczanowski]], 1875 | synonyms = ''Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi'' }} The '''Caucasian grouse''' or '''Causasian black grouse''' (''Tetrao mlokosiewiczi'') is a large [[bird]] in the [[grouse]] family. It is closely related to the [[black grouse]] (''T. tetrix''). It occurs in extreme southeastern [[Europe]] and adjacent regions.<ref name=Gavashelishvili10>{{cite journal |author1=Gokhelashvili, R. |author2=Kerry, P.R. |author3=Gavashelishvili, L. |year=2003 |title=How much do we know about the Caucasian Black Grouse ''Tetrao mlokosiewiczi'' |journal=Sandgrouse |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=33–40}}</ref><ref name=Gavashelishvili3>{{cite journal |author1=Gavashelishvili, A. |author2=Javakhishvili, Z. |year=2010 |title=Combining radio-telemetry and random observations to model the habitat of Near Threatened Caucasian grouse ''Tetrao mlokosiewiczi'' |journal=Oryx |volume=44 |issue=4 |pages=491–500 |doi=10.1017/S0030605310000979|s2cid=84468892 }}</ref> The scientific name of this bird commemorates the Polish naturalist [[Ludwik Mlokosiewicz]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:grouse, Caucasian}} [[Category:Birds of Europe]] [[Category:Birds of Asia]] [[Category:Phasianidae]] {{biology-stub}}