Chinese grouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Subfamily: | Tetraoninae |
Genus: | Tetrastes |
Species: | T. sewerzowi |
Binomial name | |
Tetrastes sewerzowi Przewalski, 1876 |
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The Chinese grouse, also known as the Severtzov's grouse or black-breasted hazel grouse (Tetrastes sewerzowi) is a grouse species closely related to the hazel grouse.
It is a sedentary bird which inhabits conifer-rich mixed montane forests of central China. The bird is very similar in appearance to the hazel grouse apart from less of a white stripe on the head and neck.
The bird is named after a Russian explorer and naturalist, Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov.