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    Occurrence Oct 26, 2023

    Tetrao urogallus

    United KingdomScotlandHighlandHighland

    Record

    Dataset
    1955-2023 Capercaillie Casual Records, Scotland
    Basis of record
    Human observation
    Information withheld
    OSGB Grid Reference NH91
    Data generalizations
    Location in Scotland is already generalised to 0.1 degrees. Sensitive in SCOTLAND, Name: Scotland, Zone: COUNTRY [Sensitive, Scottish Natural Heritage]

    Taxon

    Scientific name
    Tetrao urogallus
    Taxon ID
    NHMSYS0000530659
    Taxon concept ID
    NHMSYS0000530659
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Chordata
    Class
    Aves
    Order
    Galliformes
    Family
    Phasianidae
    Genus
    Tetrao
    Rank
    species
    Vernacular name
    Capercaillie
    Scientific name authorship
    Linnaeus, 1758
    GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

    Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus, 1758

    KingdomAnimaliaPhylumChordataClassAvesOrderGalliformesFamilyPhasianidaeGenusTetraoSpeciesTetrao urogallus
    • Taxon concept ID not found
    • Taxon ID not found
    Catalogue of Life

    Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus, 1758

    DomainEukaryotaKingdomAnimaliaPhylumChordataSubphylumVertebrataInfraphylumGnathostomataParvphylumOsteichthyesMegaclassTetrapodaClassAvesOrderGalliformesFamilyPhasianidaeGenusTetraoSpeciesTetrao urogallus
    • Taxon concept ID not found
    • Taxon ID not found
    Identification verification status
    Accepted - considered correct

    Location

    Continent
    Europe
    Inferred
    Country or area
    United Kingdom
    Inferred
    State province
    Scotland
    Decimal latitude
    57.214
    Decimal longitude
    -3.74
    Coordinate uncertainty in metres
    7,071.1
    Footprint WKT
    POLYGON((-3.82066 57.16761,-3.82066 57.2597,-3.6594 57.2597,-3.6594 57.16761,-3.82066 57.16761))
    Geodetic datum
    EPSG:4326
    Location according to GADM
    United KingdomScotlandHighlandHighland
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    Occurrence

    Occurrence ID
    27643130
    Recorded by
    • Staff and volunteers
    Organism quantity type
    Droppings/Latrines
    Sex
    Behavior
    Not recorded
    Occurrence status
    Present
    Event date
    2023-10-26
    Sampling protocol
    • Field Record

    Other

    Record licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Inferred
    Institution code
    RSPB
    Identifier
    3920c3dd-6315-45bf-a347-b99cb8a9f060
    GBIF ID
    4594363957

    Citation

    Please use this citation in publications
    Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (2025). 1955-2023 Capercaillie Casual Records, Scotland. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/zmzlnb accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-08-05. https://gbif.org/occurrence/4594363957
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    Dataset
    1955-2023 Capercaillie Casual Records, Scotland
    Publisher
    Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
    Last crawled
    2025-08-02T16:02:19.738