With aliases of jungle fowl, black-beaked grouse and Bangzi fowl, it belongs to the Tetraonidae family of Galliformes order. Its scientific name is Tetrao parvirostris (Latin), or Hazel Grouse (English).
It is the largest in fowl family of avifauna -- the largest male adult can weigh up to 4 kilograms, and the majority is about 3 kilograms. Its head and neck have blue purple flare, and its shoulder, primary remiges, as well as the tip of some tectices of alae and tails are fresh white. Its tail is long and large, slightly shorter than the wings and in the shape of a wedge. Its lower body is black and tan, dotted with white spots. The tips of tectices under the tail have white spots of about 2 to 2.5 centimeters wide. Its beak, feet and toe are all black. The naked skin above its two eyes is red.
Hazel Grouseis the typical representative avifauna living in coniferous forests of the sub-frigid zone, fond of inhabiting in mingled broadleaf-larchen forests, especially with alders, oaks, cuckoos and other broadleaf. It mainly feeds on burgeons, branches and leaves of Korean pines, larches, birches, as well as berries, grass seeds and animals such as spiders, snails, beetles and ants. It is estrous in the last ten days of March, and there are combats for seizing females in males. It lays eggs in the beginning of May, 6 to 12 eggs each brood, and the incubation period lasts 22 to24 days.Its main enemy is sable.
It is distributed in areas of theGreater Xing'an Mountain and the Lesser Xing'an Mountainin thenortheast ofChina.
Email to Friends
Print
Save