Pheasants & Grouse in Lithuania
Our list for Lithuania has 5 pheasants & grouse recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Lithuania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantRare60–87 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusPassage migrantRare50–90 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Quail 16–18 cm
- Grey Partridge 28–32 cm
- Black Grouse 40–55 cm
- Common Pheasant 50–90 cm
- Western Capercaillie 60–87 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made