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title: "Hazelhoen"
description: "Tetrastes bonasia — Vogels. The hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia), sometimes called the hazel hen, is one of the smaller members of the grouse tribe of birds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/hazel-grouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hazelhoen

> Tetrastes bonasia — Vogels. The hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia), sometimes called the hazel hen, is one of the smaller members of the grouse tribe of birds.

- Scientific name: *Tetrastes bonasia*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 5193
- Wikidata: [Q182761](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182761)
- iNaturalist taxon: [558443](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/558443)

## Names

- en: Hazel Grouse
- de: Haselhuhn
- es: Grévol Común
- fr: Gélinotte des bois
- nl: Hazelhoen
- pt: Bonasa bonasia
- pl: Jarząbek

## Countries with the most observations

RU (3196), FI (491), KR (135), LT (76), SE (63), IT (48), UA (36), BY (35), PL (29), NO (27), JP (26), EE (23)

## Summary

The hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia), sometimes called the hazel hen, is one of the smaller members of the grouse tribe of birds. It is a sedentary species, breeding across the Palearctic as far east as Hokkaido, and as far west as central Europe, in dense, damp, mixed coniferous woodland, preferably with some spruce. The bird is sometimes referred to as "rabchick" (from рябчик) by early 20th century English speaking travellers to Russia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel_grouse

## Photo

![Hazelhoen](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hazel-grouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Игорь Загребин · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/266738998

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hazel-grouse?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).