Tétras du Canada - Canachites canadensis

Spruce Grouse

Tétras du Canada
The Spruce Grouse is one of relatively few bird species named for Canada, if only in the scientific name, although most Canadians have never seen one. They live in the boreal forests from Alaska to Newfoundland and Labrador, south only into a few northern states in the U.S. I have shown a male in front, not yet in display but clearly aware of and reacting to the female just behind him. Spruce Grouse vary in colour and pattern through their range. The females I saw in northern Manitoba are noticeably darker than the ones here in Ontario, for example, and the oddly rusty-orange tail tip is missing in western birds, which were once called “Franklin’s Grouse”. Some females are quite reddish.
Reproduction interdite sans autorisation préalable. © Barry Kent Mackay
  • Gallo canadiense
  • tetraz-canadiano
  • Tannenhuhn
  • Canachites canadensis
  • Galliformes

L'espèce

Classification

Ordre : Galliformes
Famille : Phasianidés
Espèce : Tétras du Canada

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Réf. O.Net : bkma91951
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Pays : Canada (ca)
Région : Ontario
Lieu : Old Shoes Lake Old Shoes Lake
Lat. : 52° 13' 41'' Nord
Lng. : 94° 16' 18'' Ouest

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Modèle : Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Vitesse : 1/800 s

ouverture : 4.5

Focale : 35 mm

Iso : 100

Flash : non