In the following, the European grouse species are shortly introduced.
 Capercaillie |
 Black Grouse |
 Willow Ptarmigan |
 Rock Ptarmigan |
 Hazel Grouse |
]Text and maps are extracted from:
Storch, I. (2000): Grouse Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan 2000 - 2004. WPA/BirdLife/SSC Grouse Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland. Switzerland and Cambridge, UK and the World Pheasant Association, Reading, UK., 112.
The original text can be obtained by:
http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/actionplans/grouse/contents.pdf
For further information please visit the homepage of the Grouse specialist group (World Pheasant Association / WPA):
http://www.gct.org.uk/gsg/