The Cantabrian capercaillie population will reach 209 individuals in 2024.
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The Working Group created after the Cantabrian capercaillie population of Tetrao urogallus was declared "in critical situation" has completed its estimate of the total number of individuals present in the Cantabrian Mountains in 2024. The result is 209 different capercaillies, which represents an 8% increase compared to the 191 estimated during the previous complete sampling in 2019. Of these 209, 117 (56%) are males and 92 (44%) are females. In the previous census, the deviation in the sex ratio towards males was more pronounced (31.5% females: 68.5% males), while in this 2024 population estimate, the detection of females has been higher.
