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	Black Grouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix) is a large bird in the grouse family.
		The cock is very distinctive, with fl plumage, apart from red eyebrows and a white wingbar, and a lyre-shaped tail, which appears forked in flight.
		A programme to re-introduce Black Grouse into the wild started in 2003 in the Upper Derwent Valley area of the Peak District in England.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Grouse (358 words)

	Grouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Grouse are from the order Galliformes which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the northern hemisphere.
		Dusky and Sooty Grouse were formerly treated as one species, Blue Grouse.
		Willow Grouse (Willow Ptarmigan in North America), Lagopus lagopus
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grouse (133 words)

	IUCN
		The Action Plan also aims to underline the importance of grouse conservation in a broader sense: as typical representatives of a wide spectrum of natural habitats, grouse are indicators of ecosystem health.
		There are grouse specialised to tundra habitats, to open grasslands, and to the various stages of forest succession.
		After a short introduction to grouse and the Action Plan, the history of the Action Plan and the scientific basis of grouse conservation are outlined in chapter 1.
	www.iucn.org /themes/ssc/publications/Grouse.htm (706 words)

	Ecosystem Profile: Caucasus
		The East Caucasian tur and the West Caucasian tur are among the 18 mammals identified in this hotspot.
		The Caucasian fl grouse occurs in all the high mountains of the Caucasus, while the Caucasian snowcock is found only in the Greater Caucasus Range.
		Caucasian rhododendron thickets grow on slopes with northern exposure in the Greater Caucasus Range and in the northern part of the Lesser Caucasus Mountain Chain.
	www.cepf.net /xp/cepf/where_we_work/caucasus/full_strategy.xml (17370 words)

	Cococococks Grouse Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Bernard A., 1981a: An analysis of Black Grouse nesting and brood habitats in the French Alps.
		Bernard A., 1982: An analysis of fl grouse nesting and brood habitats in the french Alps.
		Borset E. and Krafft A., 1973: Black grouse, Lyrurus tetrix, and Capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus, brood habitats in a Norwegian spruce forest.
	www.ulg.ac.be /museezoo/cococococks/bibliography.html (4392 words)

	Festival celebrates Turkey's 'birch chicken'
		The Caucasian Black Grouse Tetrao mlokosiewiczi, known locally as Dağ Horozu (‘cockerel of the mountain’) or Huş Tavuğu (‘birch chicken’), is one of the least known birds in Turkey.
		Because of the difficulties of studying Caucasian Black Grouse — the species is distributed patchily over large areas of remote, rugged, inhospitable terrain - producing a revised population estimate and distribution map has required a combination of desk study, fieldwork and computer modeling.
		A prime habitat of the grouse is rhododendron scrub associated with botanically-rich sub-alpine meadows, a habitat that relies on grazing and hay cutting for its maintenance.
	www.birdlife.org /news/news/2006/06/cbg.html (803 words)

	Caucasian Black Grouse: GSG Workshop Report
		The Caucasian Black Grouse Tetrao mlokosiewiczi is occurs between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in the Great and Little Caucasus mountains in Russia, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, east into north-eastern Turkey and south into north-western Iran; the major part of the range is in Russia and Georgia.
		The conservation status of the Caucasian Black Grouse is insufficiently clarified.
		The GSG held a workshop on the Caucasian Black Grouse (CBG) on 21 August 2002 during the 9th International Grouse Symposium (IGS) in Beijing, China.
	www.gct.org.uk /gsg/cbgwksr.htm (1122 words)

	Teberdinsky Zapovednik
		The West Caucasian tur is endemic to the Caucasus Mountains.
		Caucasian red deer (Cervus elaphus maral) are less abundant in the reserve, with only about 50 animals residing mostly in the Kizgych River Valley.
		The Caucasian snowcock (Tetraogallus caucasicus) is the largest of the wild hens in the Caucasus.
	www.wild-russia.org /bioregion5/5_TEBERDINSKY/5_teberd.htm (2371 words)

	Should a caucasian - What you should know about caucasian beauty and makeup tips and (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Caucasian Mountain Dog, also known as the Caucasian Ovcharka, The outer margin of the ear should not be located below the level of the eyes.
		Assuming you are a Caucasian male, which of the following most dissuades you The guy should have enough backbone to set her and his friends straight.
		Caucasian fl grouse inhabit treeline habitats of the transition zone between the Thorough surveys should be launched to clarify the distribution,
	xn--cgtq42d0ql.com /xjgi/should-a-caucasian.htm (560 words)

	Grouse family
		The Grouse are a smallish family of gallinaceous birds of higher latitudes in North America and Eurasia.
		Among these the prairie grouse have the most elaborate leks and displays, and are the most endangered.
		Booming Blue Grouse are likewise widespread in spring and early summer up in the Sierra Nevada or Rocky Mts., but trying to spot the statuesque male high in a tall fir can be very difficult.
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/grouse.html (1566 words)

	Birds - Black Grouse
		Of the remaining genera of Grouse none have the toes feathered, but instead all have the sides of the toes pectinated in winter, with the points deciduous in summer.
		The general color of the male is fl with violet reflections, relieved by a broad white wing-band and white-tipped secondaries.
		The male Black Grouse is polygamous, that is, associates with several females, and for their edification often goes through many curious antics, such as strutting to and fro with trailing wings and expanded tail.
	www.oldandsold.com /birds/bd1-228.shtml (347 words)

	Cococococks Ruthin Conference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		There are many fl grouse conservation groups within the UK who have now benefited from meeting with, and talking to, their European counterparts.
		It was agreed that special interest should be given to the study of wind farm disturbance at fl grouse habitat and these findings be central to the Vienna conference in 2007.
		Concern was shown as to the increase of snow sports such as skiing and snow boarding at fl grouse habitats.
	www.ulg.ac.be /museezoo/cococococks/wales (1006 words)

	Grouse
		Grouse are a group of large gamebirds[?] of the order Galliformes which inhabit temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
		Males are often polygamous, and many species have elaborate courtship displays.
		The buttonquails are sometimes given order status as the Turniciformes.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/gr/Grouse.html (73 words)

	Birder's Diaries - signed by our friend birdwachers
		The Caucasian (Black) Grouse is resident in north-eastern Turkey and the Caucasus mountains of south Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and a small part of northern Iran.
		I had been told by GCCW ornithologists that while the male Caucasian (Black) Grouse are strutting their stuff with tail cocked high at their lek site, where males display their stuff in the spring including jumping in the air from low mounds.
		It had a distinct fl and white wing pattern and a large fl patch in the center of a white tail.
	www.birding-georgia.com /coles.php (12391 words)

	White Crane
		The preservation of nature is much wider field, which embraces various aspects of such spheres of activities as ecology, economy, natural resources management, politics and etc. Hence, raising awareness of the population in the field of the nature preservation will contribute to the preservation of whole variety of environment.
		Among the organizations working on the preservation of the Caucasian fl grouse there is the Center for Preserving Nature of Georgia (GCCW) “Bude” bringing together 1000 people.
		If you see the fl color bird, resembling a hen, in the mountains it will be a male Caucasian fl grouse.
	www.whitecrane.org.ge /2005-jul-en.htm (3622 words)

	Caucasian Black Grouse
		Of the many birds of North-east Turkey and the Caucasus, the Caucasian Black Grouse is one of the most intriguing and least known.
		Conservation of the Caucasian Black Grouse is of high importance throughout the Caucasus but in addition to the birds themselves, Caucasian Black Grouse can be considered a flagship for the conservation of the wide variety of wildlife that lives on the high mountain tops.
		Caucasian Black Grouse Festival celebrated in İkizdere (2-3 July 2005)
	www.dogadernegi.org /daghorozu/cbgen.php (202 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Distribution and principal threats to Caucasian fl grouse Tetrao mlokosiewiczi in the Eastern Karadeniz Mountains in Turkey
		In this study, the distribution of and principal threats to Caucasian fl grouse Tetrao mlokosiewiczi in the Eastern Karadeniz Mountains, Turkey, are examined.
		The results show that the Caucasian fl grouse is present in the Eastern Karadeniz Mountain from Salarut Yayla in the Ziyaret Mountains in the west to Çukunet Yayla in the Karçal Mountains in the east.
	www.wildlifebiology.com /2003/baskaya.html (205 words)

	Biodiversity Hotspots - Caucasus - Unique and Threated Biodiversity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The venom of this species is useful for stopping excessive bleeding in surgery patients, and the snake is exploited for the fl market trade.
		The colorful Caucasian salamander (Mertensiella caucasica, VU) is the region's best-known amphibian species, endemic to the West Caucasus of Georgia and Turkey.
		The rare Caucasian fl grouse (Tetrao mlokosiewiczi) lives in the subalpine and alpine mountain areas and spends the winter in the lower-elevation forest zone.
	www.biodiversityhotspots.org /xp/Hotspots/caucasus/biodiversity.xml (745 words)

	Caucasus Birding Ltd.
		Georgia along with the other Caucasian countries lies across a migration corridor, so called “ funnel“ or “ bottle neck“ between the Black and Caspian Seas, and it’ s due to this funnel that the diversity and numbers of birds in Georgia astoundingly increases during spring and fall migrations.
		Many of the migrant species that does not breed in Georgia can be found here either throughout the year or for most of the year.
		Black Francolin – Francolinus francolinus and Caspian Snowcock – Tetraogallus caspius) as well as of the Caucasus with such indigenous birds as Caucasian Snowcock (Tetraogallus caucasicus), Caucasian Black Grouse (Tetrao mlokosiewiczi) and Caucasian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus lorenzii).
	www.birding-georgia.com /index.php (226 words)

	Nature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		There are four species of wild goat: the West Caucasian tour, the East Caucasian tour or Daghestanian goat, bezoar or pasang and chamois and all are suffering from hunting.
		In fact the main hazard for hikers in the mountains is the Caucasian sheepdog, used to guard sheep.
		Many of these are endemic to the Caucasus: the TeansCaucasian golden hamster, the fl-chested hamster, the shrews and the water shrew, birch mice and the Prometheus vole; the Caucasian moles; the yellow-breasted mouse and hybrids with the house mouse.
	winesofgeorgia.20m.com /nature.htm (1561 words)

	BTC Environmental Investment Programme / Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Caucasian Black Grouse is endemic to Caucasian region.
		The conservation status of the Caucasian Black Grouse is insufficiently known.
		The population and habitat types of the Caucasian Black Grouse will be identified in Northeast Turkey by fieldworks and computational analysis.
	www.btcinvestment.com /eproject3.asp?EC=1&LANG=0 (709 words)

	Armenian Ecotourism Association/Tours
		Armenia is located between the Black and Caspian seas in the Lower Caucasus Mountains.
		It is contiguous to Iran, Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan and situated at the junction of Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
		While looking for a high-Montane species (Caspian Snowcock, Caucasian Black Grouse, Wallcreeper); sometimes it is necessary to walk a kilometre or so in heavy terrain, so the equipment, particularly, telescopes and tripods should be as lightweight as possible.
	www.ecotourismarmenia.com /pages/tours.htm (2387 words)

	Caucasian Black Grouse
		One of the festival activites was observing the Caucasian Black Grouse (2-3 July 2005)
		The Caucasian Black Grouse festival which links the destiny of the Caucasian Black Grouse and İkizdere together has been organized in İkizdere with the support of Doğa Derneği, the Municipality of İkizdere, the Major of İkizdere and the İkizdere Outdoor Sports Society.
		Through this festival the people of İkizdere declared that the Caucasian Black Grouse belongs to the İkizdere district and they are keep going to conserve this species forever.
	www.dogadernegi.org /daghorozu/cbgen.php?page=21 (242 words)

	Hotspots Revisited
		Mean annual rainfall in the southwestern part of the region is quite high, exceeding 4 000 mm at some places in the coastal mountains of the Black Sea; in the eastern part of the region, on the Caspian Coast, it rarely exceeds 150 mm.
		There are two refugia of Tertiary flora in the region: the Colchis in the catchment basin of the Black Sea, and the Hyrcanian in the extreme southeastern end of the Caucasus on the Caspian Sea coast.
		The Caucasian tur, which still numbered in the hundreds of thousands in the middle of this century, has now been drastically reduced because of the combination of poaching and greatly increased development of pastureland.
	www.biodiversityscience.org /publications/hotspots/caucasus.html (1851 words)

	WWF Global 200 Ecoregions -- Caucasus-Anatolian-Hyrcanian Temperate Forests (78)
		Male Caucasian fl grouse can be seen in the early morning, alone or in small flocks, hopping and flapping their wings as part of a spring mating ritual.
		The forests are also home to large goats called Caucasian turs, as well as a number of other mammals including lynx, Caucasus brown bear, and wolves.
		Two birds found here and nowhere else are the Caucasian fl grouse, which nests in thickets of rhododendron, juniper, and birch, and the Caucasian snowcock, flocks of which can often be seen near mountain goats.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/g200/g078.html (427 words)

	Georgia
		A land of contrasts, it varies from the cold high mountains of the Greater Caucasus, to dry hot rocky steppes, where the flora and fauna are more similar to those of Anatolia and the Middle East.
		Careful scanning of the high alpine meadows should reveal the dark shapes of Caucasian Black Grouse, some perhaps performing their strange leaping lekking display.
		Sandwiched between the Black and Caspian Seas, Georgia is overflown by vast numbers of raptors heading north each spring.
	www.sunbirdtours.co.uk /Georgia.htm (1260 words)

	press scanner - Turkish Daily News Jun 29, 2006
		Project director Osman Göksel tells Hürriyet: "Starting from the mating period, all the way to the nesting and hatching periods, we have brought forward construction bans for this bird." The Caucasian fl grouse is native to the area of Posof outside the Turkish city Ardahan.
		The Hürriyet report closes with more notes on the Caucasian fl grouse: it is on the list of endangered species published by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
		As Izmit does not have an ethnographic museum of its own, the statues had been on display in the garden of the historical train station in İzmit, when they were attacked on Tuesday by a group of unidentified people.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /article.php?enewsid=47548 (754 words)

	The Teberdinskiy Reserve (extension of the “The Western Caucasus”) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
		The Teberdinskiy State Biosphere Reserve that is situated within the Main Caucasian Range, 40 km of the Kavkazskiy State Biosphere Reserve.
		The nominated area is composed by two clusters such as the Teberda and Arkhyz sites, which represent together the whole wealth of flora and fauna of the Caucasian High Mountains.The Teberda site occupies the northern slopes of the Main Range in the Upper Teberda Valley.
		Natural borders of the intended area are watershed areas between the rivers Teberda and Daut in the east, and between the rivers Teberda and Aksaut in the west, and the Main Caucasian Range in the south.
	whc.unesco.org /en/tentativelists/1862 (814 words)

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