Taiga Grouse
Kmúþic: Þospí-et Zyn /θɔːsphiʔɛːth zɪːn/
Jolþic: Kalðró /khaːlðrouː/
Taiga grouse are galliformes native to much of northern and central Iðlía Forest in western and northwestern Jælondis, with most of the population found in the region of Þjaris. They have feathered feet, subsist mostly on leaves, grasses, berries, conifer needles and insects depending on the season, and the roosters are generally territorial and perform elaborate mating displays during springtime.
In the jolþic alphabet, the letter K /kh/ is a stylized taiga grouse.
Taiga grouse are galliformes native to much of northern and central Iðlía Forest in western and northwestern Jælondis, with most of the population found in the region of Þjaris. They have feathered feet, subsist mostly on leaves, grasses, berries, conifer needles and insects depending on the season, and the roosters are generally territorial and perform elaborate mating displays during springtime.
In the jolþic alphabet, the letter K /kh/ is a stylized taiga grouse.
Additional Information
Uses, Products & Exploitation
Jútrilían Elves and especially their þjaric elven cousins have hunted taiga grouse and related birds for millennia, and the latter started domesticating the birds over four centuries ago at the beginning of their isolationist period, during which many local plants and animals -including Hjað Cormorants, foxes, reindeer, Star Oats and bracken- supplanted crops and livestock that were regarded as foreign. Pearl-hens, introduced from the Maralon Steppe to the southeast, were known to the þjaric elves but only in southern Þjaris due to faring poorly in cooler climates, while the domesticated taiga grouse or elf-fowl1 thrives in such environment and thus became widespread in the region.
The domesticated ones differ from the wild birds in several ways, such as hens being larger and more docile, the roosters are far less aggressive and both having limited ability to fly. Different breeds of elf-fowl have emerged in various parts of Þjaris, some of which are quite colourful and kept as pets, especially in western Jolþ.
Since the þjaric elves ended their isolation some four decades ago, elf-fowl have become the most common poultry in the Southlands, particularly in New Þamta, Fjún and Númra.
The domesticated ones differ from the wild birds in several ways, such as hens being larger and more docile, the roosters are far less aggressive and both having limited ability to fly. Different breeds of elf-fowl have emerged in various parts of Þjaris, some of which are quite colourful and kept as pets, especially in western Jolþ.
Since the þjaric elves ended their isolation some four decades ago, elf-fowl have become the most common poultry in the Southlands, particularly in New Þamta, Fjún and Númra.
1Original icelandic: álfahænsn.
Wild tundra grouse by Lappalingur
Origin/Ancestry
Iðlía Forest
Conservation Status
Least Concern
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
Wild taiga grouse roosters are mostly black and brown with purple or magenta breast, hens are mostly brown with grey underside, and both have violet spots above they eyes. Domesticated ones are more varied
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