Koklass Pheasant

Pucrasia macrolopha

The koklass pheasant is a species of gamebird, being closely related to progenitive grouse that lived during the Miocene. They are distantly related to pheasants and are most closely related to grouse and turkeys. Koklass are the only species in the monotypic genus Pucrasia. Both the words koklass and pucrasia have been onomatopœically derived from the bird's territorial call.

Scientific name

Pucrasia macrolopha

Family

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

IUCN status

LC