Siberian Spruce Grouse

The Siberian Grouse, Falcipennis falcipennis, is a medium-sized grouse.

The Siberian Spruce Grouse is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

The habitat and range of the Siberian spruce grouse is shrinking rapidly due to human pressures.В In the Russian Far East, the bird is found in fragmented patches in Khabarovsky Province, and northern parts of Primorsky and Amurskaya Provinces.В Numbers of spruce grouse are low throughout its range.В However, the species is relatively common in remote and inaccessible areas of the Amur-Heilong basin, particularly in the upper reaches of the Selemdzha, Bureya, and Amgun Rivers and along the Okhotsk Sea coast. More

Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata), Siberian spruce grouse (Falcipennis falcipennis), and the Blakiston's fish owl (Ketupa blakistoni). Biodiversity is high for South Sakhalin-Kurile mixed forests comprising 1,380 species of vascular plants, 153 species of birds, and 31 species of mammals. The flora consists of at least in 556 genera and 135 families; at least 14 species are thought to be endemic. About 3,000 species of insects have been recorded here as well as 48 species of freshwater fish. More

The Siberian Grouse or Siberian Spruce Grouse, Falcipennis falcipennis, occurs in far eastern Russia. A small population formerly inhabited the far northeast of China, where they are now assumed to be extinct. Description This medium-sized grouse is very similar to the North American Spruce Grouse, to which it is closely related. Habitat The Siberian grouse mostly occurs in forests of spruce, fir, larch and pine. More

* Siberian Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis falcipennis) * American Spruce Grouse (F. canadensis) Blue Grouse Genus Dendragapus Two species: * Dusky Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) * Sooty Grouse (D. fuliginosus) Ptarmigans Genus Lagopus Three species: * Willow Grouse (Lagopus lagopus) * Rock Ptarmigan (L. mutus) * White-tailed Ptarmigan (L. More

The Siberian Spruce Grouse Falcipennis falcipennis (Hartlaub, 1855) is an endemic Russian species, which is included in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation (Category II, a sporadically distributed species with declining numbers). Its present range consists of three isolated areas that spread from Yakutia in the west, to Sakhalin in the east and the Primorsky Region in the south. The numbers are low and the rate of decrease is catastrophic. More

galericulata), white-tailed sea eagle, Siberian spruce grouse (Falcipennis falcipennis), and Blakiston's fish owl. Vegetation Nearly 99% of Sikhote-Alinsky zapovednik is forested, and vertical gradations of vegetation types are clearly visible. As the mountains ascend from the sea, the narrow strip of coastal plants and shrubs gives way to a wide band of oak forests dotted with open meadows. Higher up, mixed broadleaf and pine forests are replaced by fir and spruce. More

Order : Galliformes
Family : Phasianidae
Genus : Dendragapus
Species : falcipennis
Authority : (Hartlaub, 1855)