Species

Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus, 1758

Common names:

Western Capercaillie,

metsis,

mõtus

Metazoa ❯Bilateria ❯Chordata ❯Vertebrata ❯Aves ❯Galliformes ❯Phasianidae ❯Tetrao ❯Tetrao urogallus

II protection category. Regional IUCN Red List category: Vulnerable.

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Occurrences

Total records	4237 ( 4205 observations, 18 specimens, 14 refbased )
Total species	1
Records in Estonia	4230 ( 4205 observations, 11 specimens, 14 refbased )
Species in Estonia	1
First occurrence in Estonia	1869-04-07
Latest occurrence in Estonia	2026-10-19
First occurrence in Estonia this year	2026-01-10

Species lists

Bird of the year,

Estonian birds,

Estonian species,

Protected species of Estonia, category II,

Red List species in Estonia,

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Accepted name

Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus, 1758

Common names

metsis Estonian,

mõtus Estonian,

Western Capercaillie English,

Storfugl Norwegian,

Metso Finnish,

Mednis Latvian,

Tjäder Swedish,

Kurtinys Lithuanian,

storfugl Norwegian Bokmål,

storfugl Norwegian Nynorsk

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