Galliformes

Grouses, partridge, and a common quail are Estonia's wild galliformes. The grouses are beautiful and delicate birds, and they have become rare due to overhunting. In Estonia live wood, black, hazel, and willow grouse. The wood grouse and black grouse have gorgeous wedding games which have given the Estonian language the expression '[black] grouse's game' for flirting. The belief about the wood grouse as a forest god might date back to the primordial times. The stories and beliefs tend to arise about important and impressive game birds.