Black grouse spotted in Romanian nature park
Photographer Mark Munteanu recently spotted a black grouse in Romania’s Muntii Rodnei Nature Park.
The black grouse is a very rare bird in Romania, with only 30 such birds living in the country, in certain areas in the Eastern Carpathians and the mountains of Maramures.
The black grouse is about 50 cm long and weighs up to 2 kilograms. It is a very distinctive bird, with black plumage with blue shades, red wattles and a white wingbar, and a lyre-shaped tail, which appears forked in flight.
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Irina Marica, irina.marica@romania-insider.com
(photo source: Regia Nationala a Padurilor - Romsilva's Facebook page; photo credit: Mark Munteanu/Wild Maramureș)