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Chinese Grouse (Tetrastes sewerzowi)

Chinese Grouse
Photo: Artist unknown via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain — free for commercial reuse.

About the Chinese Grouse

The Chinese grouse (Tetrastes sewerzowi), also known as Severtzov's grouse, is the smallest grouse in the world. The species was first discovered and described by Przewalski in 1876. It is endemic to China, where it is considered endangered by the China Red Data Book. The bird is named after a Russian explorer and naturalist, Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov. The females have an average mass between 270–407 g (9.5–14.4 oz), and the males between 279–390 g (9.8–13.8 oz). The average body length is 327–384 mm (12.9–15.1 in) for females and 355–403 mm (14.0–15.9 in) for males, making it the smallest of the grouse species.

Source: Chinese grouse on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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No audio on this page yet

We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 2 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA · 1 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.

As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.

Listed as recorded in China in the xeno-canto catalogue.

Related species you can hear

This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.