Caspian Snowcock

Tetraogallus caspius - Tétraogalle de Perse

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Galliformes

  • Family
    :

    Phasianidés

  • Genus
    :

    Tetraogallus

  • Species
    :

    caspius

Descriptor

Gmelin, SG, 1784

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 61 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 95 à 105 cm.
  • Weight
    : 1800 à 2684 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Caspian Snowcock (Tetraogallus caspius) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Tetraogallus caspius caspius (c Armenia to Turkmenistan)
  • Tetraogallus caspius tauricus (s and e Turkey, w Armenia)
  • Tetraogallus caspius semenowtianschanskii (Zagros Mts.. sw Iran.)

Foreign names

  • Tétraogalle de Perse,
  • Perdigallo del Caspio,
  • galo-das-neves-do-cáspio,
  • Kaspikönigshuhn,
  • kaszpi királyfogoly,
  • Kaspisch Berghoen,
  • Tetraogallo del Caspio,
  • kaspisk snöhöna,
  • Kurdistanhøne,
  • ular kaspický,
  • velekur kaspický,
  • Kaspisk Kongehøne,
  • kaspianlumikana,
  • gall nival del Caspi,
  • Snæhæna,
  • ułar kaspijski,
  • Kaspijas sniegirbe,
  • kaspijska skalna kokoš,
  • Каспийский улар,
  • カスピアセッケイ,
  • 里海雪鸡,
  • 裡海雪雞,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Grassland : Temperate ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) :

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 05-03-2005
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