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The black grouse or blackgame or blackcock (''Tetrao tetrix'') is a large game bird in the grouse family. It is a sedentary species, breeding across northern Eurasia in moorland and bog areas near to woodland, mostly boreal. The black grouse is closely related to the Caucasian grouse. The female is greyish-brown and has a cackling call. She takes all responsibility for nesting and caring for the chicks, as is typical with gamebirds. The black grouse's genome was sequenced in 2014.〔 ==Taxonomy and naming== The black grouse is one of the many species first described in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus, and still bears its original binomial name. Both ''Tetrao'' and ''tetrix'' come from Ancient Greek words referring to some form of game bird.〔 The male and female are sometimes referred to by their folk names, ''blackcock'' and ''greyhen'' respectively. These names first occur in the literature with John Ray in 1674.〔 ''Heathcock'' and ''Heathhen'' are also common names. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Black grouse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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