red grouse

American  

noun

1. a grouse, Lagopus lagopus scoticus, of the British Isles, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan lacking white winter plumage.

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red grouse British  

noun

1. a reddish-brown grouse, Lagopus scoticus , of upland moors of Great Britain: an important game bird

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Etymology

Origin of red grouse

First recorded in 1770–80

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red grouse

If passed by MSPs, a license would be required to kill red grouse and inspectors would be given increased powers to investigate suspected wildlife crime.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2023

It all began with a trivia question raised among friends: Which is the fastest game bird in Britain, the golden plover or the red grouse?

From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2015

The estate where the runners were injured holds grouse shoots, and snaring is one method used to control animals that prey on red grouse.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2015

But gamekeepers may cull the animals in an effort to protect red grouse from the tick-borne louping ill virus.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2015

Several experienced ornithologists consider our British red grouse as only a strongly marked race of a Norwegian species, whereas the greater number rank it as an undoubted species peculiar to Great Britain.

From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles