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Wood Grouse Collection

The wood grouse, also known as the capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), is a magnificent bird that captivates with its stunning displays and unique behaviors

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Auerhaan, 1759-1842. Creator: Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers

Auerhaan, 1759-1842. Creator: Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers
Auerhaan, 1759-1842

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate XII, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate XII, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate XII, c. 1575/1580

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate XLVIII, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate XLVIII, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate XLVIII, c. 1575/1580

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) male displaying in rain, Kuusamo, Finland. March

Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) male displaying in rain, Kuusamo, Finland. March

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) Tver, Russia. May

Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) Tver, Russia. May

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Capercailie (Tetrao urogallus) male displaying from branch of Scots pine tree

Capercailie (Tetrao urogallus) male displaying from branch of Scots pine tree. Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, March

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Group of stuffed birds, displayed at the Zoological Museum la Specola in Florence

Group of stuffed birds, displayed at the Zoological Museum la Specola in Florence. The group is composed of, among others, capercaillies

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) male calling at lek, with female, Tver, Russia

Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) male calling at lek, with female, Tver, Russia. May

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: RF- Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) male displaying, Inshriach, Cairngorms National Park

RF- Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) male displaying, Inshriach, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. February

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) male in flight, Jalasjarvi, Finland, April

Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) male in flight, Jalasjarvi, Finland, April

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Parade of the western capercaillie, Trentino Alto-Adige, Italy

Parade of the western capercaillie, Trentino Alto-Adige, Italy

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Italy, Veneto, Portrait of a Capercaillie (Wood Grouse)

Italy, Veneto, Portrait of a Capercaillie (Wood Grouse)

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Western Capercaillie or Wood Grouse (Tetrao urogallus) male displaying, Stelvio National

Western Capercaillie or Wood Grouse (Tetrao urogallus) male displaying, Stelvio National Park, Lombardy, Italy

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Male Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) calling during lek mating, Finland. March

Male Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) calling during lek mating, Finland. March

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Close up of male Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) during lek mating, Finland. March

Close up of male Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) during lek mating, Finland. March

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Western Capercaillie (colour litho)

Western Capercaillie (colour litho)
3120944 Western Capercaillie (colour litho) by Wright, Magnus (1805-68), Ferdinand (1822-1906) & Wilhelm von (1810-87); (add.info.: Svenska Faglar efter Naturen och pa sten ritade)

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Wood grouse, Tetrao urogallus

Wood grouse, Tetrao urogallus
6338096 Wood grouse, Tetrao urogallus by British School, (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Wood grouse, Tetrao urogallus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from The Natural History of Birds)

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: The male capercaillie plays, 1912 (bodycolour on paper)

The male capercaillie plays, 1912 (bodycolour on paper)
5906519 The male capercaillie plays, 1912 (bodycolour on paper) by Kittelsen, Theodor Severin (1857-1914); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tiuren spiller); Photo © O. Vaering

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Wood Grouse, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)

Wood Grouse, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999735 Wood Grouse, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la natureA)

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Nests and Eggs, c. 1860 (colour litho)

Nests and Eggs, c. 1860 (colour litho)
1109876 Nests and Eggs, c.1860 (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: From A Naturgeschichte des TierreichsA (Natural History of the Animal Kingdom)

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Wood Grouse (Tetrao Urogallus), 1862-1873 (hand-coloured lithograph)

Wood Grouse (Tetrao Urogallus), 1862-1873 (hand-coloured lithograph)
986237 Wood Grouse (Tetrao Urogallus), 1862-1873 (hand-coloured lithograph) by Wolf, Joseph (1820-99) & Richter, Henry Constantine (1821-1902); 54x36.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Wood Grouse, 1864 (colour litho)

Wood Grouse, 1864 (colour litho)
998979 Wood Grouse, 1864 (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populAaren Naturgeschichte der VAogel in ihren)

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) Tver, Russia. May

Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) Tver, Russia. May

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: RF- Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) male displaying in heavy snowfall, Cairngorms National Park

RF- Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) male displaying in heavy snowfall, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland. February

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) in forest habitat, Jalasjarvi, Finland, April

Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) in forest habitat, Jalasjarvi, Finland, April

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Capercaillie Hunting, 1937. Artist: Lissner, Ernest Ernestovich (1874-1941)

Capercaillie Hunting, 1937. Artist: Lissner, Ernest Ernestovich (1874-1941)
Capercaillie Hunting, 1937. Found in the collection of the State Central Military Museum, Moscow

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), 1900, (1900). Artist: Charles Whymper

Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), 1900, (1900). Artist: Charles Whymper
Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), 1900, (1900). From The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of The British Islands, by Charles Dixon, illustrated by Charles Whymper. [Pawson & Brailsford, Sheffield, 1900]

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Capercaillie, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin

Capercaillie, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Capercaillie, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London & Edinburgh, 1910]

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Game birds from Harmsworth Natural History, 1910 (1911-1912). Artist: Richard Lydekker

Game birds from Harmsworth Natural History, 1910 (1911-1912). Artist: Richard Lydekker
Game birds from Harmsworth Natural History, 1910 (1911-1912). Plate taken from Penroses Pictorial Annual 1911-1912, The Process Year Book, volume 17

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Picture No. 12010421

Picture No. 12010421
Capercaillie - cock courting hens - Dalarna, Sweden Date:

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Picture No. 12010420

Picture No. 12010420
Capercaillie - cock courting hens - Dalarna, Sweden Date:

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Picture No. 12010419

Picture No. 12010419
Capercaillie - cock courting hens - Dalarna, Sweden Date:

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Picture No. 12010418

Picture No. 12010418
Capercaillie - cock courting hen - Dalarna, Sweden Date:

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Picture No. 12010417

Picture No. 12010417
Capercaillie - cock courting hen - Dalarna, Sweden Date:

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Picture No. 12010416

Picture No. 12010416
Capercaillie - cock courting hen - Dalarna, Sweden Date:

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Picture No. 12010415

Picture No. 12010415
Capercaillie - cock courting hens - Dalarna, Sweden Date:

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Picture No. 12010414

Picture No. 12010414
Capercaillie - adult hen - Dalarna, Sweden Date:

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Picture No. 12010413

Picture No. 12010413
Capercaillie - adult hen - Dalarna, Sweden Date:

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Picture No. 12010412

Picture No. 12010412
Capercaillie - detail of breast - Dalarna, Sweden Date:

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Wood grouse engraving 1802

Wood grouse engraving 1802
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Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), also known Wood Grouse or more specifically Western Capercaillie

Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), also known Wood Grouse or more specifically Western Capercaillie, largest member of the grouse family, cock

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: wood grouse, austria, 1891, large landform, mountain cock, vintage, old print, 19th century

wood grouse, austria, 1891, large landform, mountain cock, vintage, old print, 19th century
Wood Grouse, Austria, 1891

Background imageWood Grouse Collection: Capercaillie - male displaying - Scotland

Capercaillie - male displaying - Scotland
GUY-1 Capercaillie - male displaying Scotland Tetrao urogallus Guy Rogers Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way



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The wood grouse, also known as the capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), is a magnificent bird that captivates with its stunning displays and unique behaviors. In the snowy landscapes of Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, a male capercaillie proudly showcases his vibrant plumage while displaying in the snow. Meanwhile, in Tver, Russia during May, another Western capercaillie exhibits its grandeur against a backdrop of lush greenery. Perched on a branch of a Scots pine tree, yet another capercaillie male mesmerizes observers with its intricate dance moves and flamboyant courtship rituals. Rain showers fail to dampen their spirits as they continue to display their charm in Kuusamo, Finland during March. In Tver, Russia once again, we witness an enchanting sight - a male capercaillie calling at a lek accompanied by an attentive female partner. The picturesque scenery of Inshriach in Cairngorms National Park becomes even more magical when graced by the majestic presence of a displaying Capercaillie male. Taking flight amidst the serene surroundings of Jalasjarvi, Finland in April, this captivating species demonstrates both grace and power. A parade procession unfolds gracefully through Trentino Alto-Adige region in Italy showcasing the beauty and elegance of these woodland giants. Venturing into Veneto region reveals an intimate portrait capturing every detail of this remarkable creature's features. Stelvio National Park provides yet another breathtaking setting for witnessing the awe-inspiring display performed by males during mating season. March brings about passionate calls echoing through Finnish forests as Western capercaillies engage in lek mating rituals. Up close encounters allow us to appreciate every intricate pattern adorning their feathers during this crucial time for reproduction. The wood grouse or capercaillie never fails to leave us spellbound with its extraordinary displays and captivating presence.