lat.: Tetastes bonasia

Member of the subfamily Tetraoninae, family Phasianidae.the sexes differ in color, but none have truly bright plumage. Bright colors are limited to red or yellow comblike structures over the eyes, expanded during the breeding season, or sacs of naked skin that inflate like balloons during courtship displays.

Mating systems are elaborate in most grouse, and in many the males are polygamous, meeting in the spring at certain arenas where they compete for mates.

Diet
Buds, shoots, seeds, berries, insects, worms

Habitat
Divers and uneven forests

Area
Middle mountain regions up to the mountain forests of the Alps.

Norway, Finland, Sweden, Russia