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Definition of Capercaillies

capercaillie
Capercailzie Ca"per*cail`zie, or Capercally Ca"per*cal`ly, n. [Gael, capulcoile.] (Zo["o]l.) A species of grouse (Tetrao uragallus) of large size and fine flavor, found in northern Europe and formerly in Scotland; -- called also cock of the woods. [Written also capercaillie, capercaili.]

Meaning of Capercaillies from wikipedia

- introduced po****tion of the nominate subspecies urogallus. Western capercaillies are known to hybridise occasionally with black grouse (these hybrids...
- Capercaillies inhabit much of the Siberian taiga...
- Tetrao is a genus of birds in the grouse subfamily known as capercaillies. They are some of the largest living grouse. Feathers from the bird were used...
- grouse) Canachites Stejneger, 1885 (spruce grouse) Tetrao Linnaeus, 1758 (capercaillies) Lyrurus Swainson, 1832 (black grouse) Rhizothera Gray, 1841 (long-billed...
- (small p****erines) and 1,100 g (2.4 lb) (ducks, geese, loons, gulls, capercaillies, ptarmigans and other grouse). Smaller hawks (such as sharp-shinned...
- first autumn, when they reach their mature weights (except in the male capercaillies). They are ****ually mature the following spring, but often do not mate...
- purpose was to point to game that fled into trees, such as grouse, and capercaillies, but it also serves well for hunting elk. Some individuals have even...
- and, in 1886 he produced his best-known painting titled The Fighting Capercaillies. In 2006 it got third place in a public vote organized by Ateneum for...
- martens, gray wolves, wild cats, and hares, as well as birds such as capercaillies, warblers, vultures, golden eagles, lesser spotted eagles, eagle-owls...
- can range in size from redpolls around 20 g (0.71 oz) to geese and capercaillies up to 4 kg (8.8 lb) in weight, but rock ptarmigans (Lagopus mutus) and...