Lyrurus is a genus of birds in the grouse subfamily. They are known as black grouse because the male's plumage of both species is colored black as its base colour.
Taxonomy
The
genus Lyrurus was introduced in 1832 by the English naturalist
William Swainson with the
black grouse as the
type species.
[ The title page bears the year 1831 but the volume was no published until 1832.] The genus name combines the
Ancient Greek lura meaning "lyre" with
-ouros meaning "-tailed".
Species
The genus contains two species:
