Pheasants & Grouse in Russia
Our list for Russia has 7 pheasants & grouse recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Russia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixWinter visitorUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
ChukarAlectoris chukarPassage migrantRare32–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorRare60–87 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaPassage migrantRare34–36 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Quail 16–18 cm
- Grey Partridge 28–32 cm
- Chukar 32–38 cm
- Rock Ptarmigan 34–36 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