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Eurasian black grouse, the Caucasian grouse display is almost mute but for a thin whistling of the cock fluttering his wings as he leaps and turns in the air, producing a flash of white as the underwing feathers are briefly revealed. The hen lays up to ten eggs in a
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278:. The Caucasian grouse is a sedentary
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345:References
339:ecotourism
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457:29 August
260:gamebirds
248:L. tetrix
216:in Russia
155:Species:
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196:Synonyms
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