Back طيهوج أحمر Arabic طيهوج احمر ARZ Brugyar ruz Breton Szkòckô pardwa CSB Grugiar goch Welsh Schottisches Moorschneehuhn German Skota lagopo Esperanto Lagopus lagopus scotica Spanish باقرقره پرپای حنایی Persian Nummiriekko Finnish
| Red grouse | |
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| Song and calls recorded in the UK | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | Lagopus |
| Species: | L. scotica
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| Binomial name | |
| Lagopus scotica (Latham, 1787)
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| Synonyms | |
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Lagopus lagopus scoticus | |
The red grouse (Lagopus scotica) is a medium-sized bird of the grouse family which is found in heather moorland in Great Britain and Ireland.
It was formerly classified as a subspecies of the willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) but is now considered to be a separate species.[1][2] It is also known as the moorcock, moorfowl or moorbird. Lagopus is derived from Ancient Greek lagos (λαγος), meaning "hare", + pous (πους), "foot", in reference to the feathered feet and toes typical of this cold-adapted genus, and scoticus is "of Scotland".[3]
The red grouse is the logo of The Famous Grouse whisky and an animated bird is a character in a series of its adverts. The red grouse is also the emblem of the journal British Birds.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Pheasants, partridges, francolins". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ Kozma, R.; Rödin-Mörch, P.; Höglund, J. (2019). "Genomic regions of speciation and adaptation among three species of grouse". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 812. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-36880-5. PMC 6349846.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 217, 351. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.