Glukhar'

[Genevra Gerhart]

Greetings:

I believe we are talking about two different birds: the глухарь Tetrao
urogallus and the тетерев Lyrurus tetrix . They are both large black grouse
and the former is the larger of the two. The sounds they may make may be
equally bad, (I have never heard a тетерев), but the глухарь can be found
online. The two birds look similar, but their tails are quite different, the
male тетерев has a large  tail in the shape of an upside down lyre, and the
male глухарь has a semi-circular tale aiming upward. Both birds delight
prospective girl-friends at mating places на току in small groups,  but only
the глухарь has the reputation of deafening himself with it. The females of
the species are much smaller and speckled, plain as can be. Perhaps as a
result cross-fertilization has occurred and produced a межняк.

Salutations,

G. Gerhart


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