You know it's weird, I never even heard of this bird until today and now KZfaq is sending me all these caipercaillie attack videos! I find them very entertaining and I can't get over the bizarre sounds they make!!!

sounds like an 80s fax machine

The way he runs with his head up and trying to hide his feet with his feathers at 2:01 just kills me. He looks like a Looney Tunes character sneaking around.

Jurassic Park, Capercaillie edition

Love the low key Blair Witch vibe in these encounter videos - it's kind of like if horror can be dialed down to mild inconvenience

He sound like an angry camera!

i love the little sprint it does whenever he reaches a certain distance to get nearer haha

Legend has it he's still following Boris to this day

I like how he drags his wing-tips, showing you just how masculine, virile, strong, sexy, fierce he is. North American wild turkeys do the same thing, and also display the beautiful tail feathers.

How can something be so adorable and terrifying at the same time?

You gotta admire the little dinosaur. He sees a behemoth of flesh, just one of a species of Lovecraftian Horrors 7 billion strong. A creature that destroys entire ecosystems accidentally. A living extinction event. ... and he says “I’m gonna fuck that dude up”

This is the first time I've ever heard of this bird. It looks like some kind of demon peacock! XD When it hisses, it sounds like an old rotary phone being dialed.

KZfaq has been showing me birds I never knew existed this past week and I'm here for it

The bird is so cute omg 🥰 with his funny little red eyebrows 🤣

OK, I did a little reading, and found out that this is actually a type of grouse. The reason they reacted like that is because we're invading their territory, hence the male coming at you. Also, this would be time for mating season, so there might be females nearby.

He attacks like a sideways woman in kimono with red eye shadow😂

Imagine hearing that demon at night holy s**t

I love how it runs like a 2-bit video game character at 2:00

That bird has an intermittent vacuum leak, and needs a tuneup.

His hormone level is so high, he wants to fight with the most dangerous creature on Earth.

The way it speed shuffles is hilarious 🤣

He sounds like old summers. Film camera and beachball inflating. Very nice animal.

Beautiful bird. He was just protecting his home.

If that's not a Modern Day Dinosaur, nothing is.

He was really tryna tip toe up on you when you’re tryna leave lol

clic clic KEH-KEHGUËH clic (Such strange noises lmao 🤣)

These birds have successfully evolved the ability to mimic the sound of a Polaroid camera taking a picture

That bird sounds and moves like a Velociraptor. Seeing that birds are an evolution from dinosaurs, maybe he is a Velociraptor?

Scotland has 2 extant dinosaur species: Nessie, and these guys.

I hope this bird and his sound is used for a scary video game lol

They are magnificent! What a privilege, (though I feel the bird would not agree : ) and such beautiful area. Moments like these are priceless.

Careful man; I've encountered these things before in Xen, the borderworld. It's charging up its sonic attack.

Just imagine having those birds as guards! I could see me having them protect my property if I had ten of them.

He is so beautiful! 😍 and very protective of his home! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

badass bird =v

2:00 Fascinating shuffling movement. A very curious bird.

Never heard of or saw a bird such as this! Wow - thanks for posting!

These grouse have the coolest, ancient-sounding, clicky sound to them.

I never saw such a bird. I got to learn more about this creature that I had no clue existed. Wow!!

he was nice. Slowly coming and start intimidating instead of immediate attack and biting.

A few years ago a Finnish friend told me about metso's (capercaillie) do I've been searching their videos on KZfaq. Glad I got recommended this.

Thank you for showing us this magnificent bird.

That bird was in a fowl mood.

Was..was that thing making velociraptor noises?

This species is slipping towards extinction in the UK (for the second time) and is very easily disturbed. The advice is to steer well clear of any birds and to leave immediately if causing disturbance - filming a clearly distressed bird is not good for it.

Wheres Peter Griffin when you need him...

What a big, gorgeous, grumpy bird.

What time of day did you find this bird? Im in the area looking for these capercaillie and would like to find this rouge male 😊

Greeting from Brazil. Super like for your video. Lovely bird. I subscribe in your channel. Beautiful nature. Where is the place ?

clear sign of too much testosteron !

Such a scary bird yikes. At a distance I thought it was a species of turkey.

Capercaillie, while fast-hustling on its little feet: "Hey! Don't you fucking walk away from me!"

Capercaillie: ŒKEEERRRRRRRRRRRRclickclick Fellow: ok I think I’ve upset you I’ll clear off now

thank you for sharing this video!

🤣 that bird moves like grudge ghost

02:00 Love how even evolution has alien-esque weird walking as a tool to scare stuff.

There are tons of these big birds in Norway. When the snow has just left an open field after the winter, generally the male birds come out in large numbers and perform this kind of play against each other while the female birds are watching from a distance. Not wise to come too close for humans.

Well this feels ripe for an Oblivion NPC dialogue meme ( + battle music).

North american here. My dad didn't believe me when I told him there was a partridge the size of a turkey! Look at him go!

You can only imagine how many birders would all but kill for an encounter like this. I was in Aviemore in March 2022. If only I had known of this possibility.

It's beak looks EXACTLY like the beaks of the Muppets chickens when they're annoyed!!! XD

Thought he was going to spit fire 🔥😳.

There’s footage of one of these attacking a news guy from a few years ago. These things must be pretty agressive

Beautiful bird. Some kind of grouse?

He's really beautiful. And his calls are so cool!❤❤

I can't figure out if he's trying to chase you away, or mate with you.

You ever think of typing something but when you push the first letter, KZfaq automatically knows what your looking for?

I swear my thing is that it keeps following him when he tries to leave you want them out of your territory and you keep following him gosh darn it why don't you follow me towards an oven.🤣🤣

Keeping the bike theme, this chap sounds like the free standing pump for my bike tyres !!

This is why you don't go into the tall grass without a Pokemon!

Imagine if these things were nocturnal - you're camping in the woods at night and hear "cli-click....hisssssssss.....cli-click....... hisssssss."

How do these people let it get so close without punting it like a field goal?

it sees you as a potential mate, displaying its feathers and moving in a shuffle pattern. like a kind of mating ritual

Stunnimg and very smart animals they're

Like Jurassic Park with Dennis Nedry.

Are they Same related species of peacock?

Just discovered capercaillies from a Finn's comment in a Ukraine youtube. He moves like he's on wheels, not feet. It's fascinating.

Didn't know such a bird existed, wow it's so beautyful

Always wanted to see one of these in the wild, I failed ☹ Thanks for posting 👍

I swear he's trying to court you. Gorgeous little creature.

Reported for misleading title. It never attacked the cyclist.

On a binge of these videos and am convinced these things crawled out of a hole that leads to Hell.

that looks like a rare pokemon

My favorite chicken-bird of all, full of character! In Rus their population is around 3-4M.

They really are dinosaurs. Can you imagine one of those scaled up? Terrifying!

That birb was still coming after you despite you backing off

A very rare bird now days . Last count was around 549 in the uk in Scotland. Its a rare sight . They are protected and in the endangered red list . Its a wildlife photographer dream to film that bird ❤

It's like a raven and a turkey had a child.

Sounds like some old gnarly camera flash

Same gorgeous red eyebrows as the Willow Ptarmigan, a bird that also has a very odd call when it's doing its threat displays.

_"Should I spell it out? GET THE, FOK OOOOOUT!"_

That imitation turkey just wanted a hug lol

Great clip. That voice. Those eyes.

I remember getting bitten by a chicken that was around that size (Cornish 'X-Rock') and I have to tell you that large beak hurts like hell.

Imagine this thing 15 feet tall: thats basically a Therizinosaurus

These guys look permently pissed and scowling OMG. An that sound it makes, it's like a mix of a camera shutter and channel static.

Galliformes, like this Capercallie and the American Turkey (Sage Grouse, Ruffed Grouse, and Chicken!) all have display feathers and ways of displaying to females. This male set aside this parcel of land this cyclist unfortunately biked through. He's basically tell him to fuck off, making himself look bigger and threatening that he really is. These birds can pack a punch. (Most can.) but leaving them alone is the best thing you can do. Americans may have had experiences with wild turkey toms during breeding season where they just do not leave you alone. Roosters are similar; they attack and lash out with spurs. I don't know anything about grouse aggression, but they do stand on "Leks" and display, just like this Capercallie and Turkey's do. Galliformes are an incredible family of birds worthy of intense research. They have sexual displays that are entirely dependant on the female. The male is driven to perform his best and if the female does not content their is no mating.

Some kid almost got beaten half to death by one of these near where I live. He managed to get a choking grip on the bird and kicked it away, then it fled. The kid almost lost an eye, was bruised and bleeding all over... beautiful birds, but very aggressive. Personally, I've only ever seen females though, and it was outside of mating season...

Capercaillies are A-MAZING. Love those birds!!

That's the most Looney Toons walk I have ever seen