capercaillie

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CLIMATE change is the latest threat to the iconic capercaillie, with as few as 1,000 of the birds now left in Scotland.

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  1. noun A large grouse (Tetrao urogallus), native to northern Europe and having dark plumage and a fanlike tail. Also called wood grouse.

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  • CLIMATE change is the latest threat to the iconic capercaillie, with as few as 1,000 of the birds now left in Scotland. —  Daily Express News Feeds
  • The capercaillie has come under pressure from pine martens, foxes, forestry fences and even skiiers as its numbers have plummeted from 20,000 in the Seventies. —  Daily Express News Feeds
  • This winter will see half-a-dozen experts walking through all the forests in the eastern Highlands that the capercaillie call home, counting every bird they see. —  Daily Express News Feeds
  • So, £25m over five years is a determined effort to deal with this menace and the black grouse and the capercaillie among others should be delighted. —  BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
  • And the capercaillie, snow bunting and black grouse - once a feature of the British countryside - are now so rare that they could face extinction in the UK.
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  1. Scottish Gaelic capull coille : capull, horse (from Middle Irish capall, from Old Irish, ultimately from Latin caballus, of Celtic origin) + coille, genitive of coille, forest (from Old Irish caill).
 

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