Himalayan Snowcock

Tetraogallus himalayensis - Tétraogalle de l'Himalaya

Tétraogalle de l'Himalaya
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Galliformes

  • Family
    :

    Phasianidés

  • Genus
    :

    Tetraogallus

  • Species
    :

    himalayensis

Descriptor

Gray, GR, 1843

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 72 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 2500 à 3000 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Tétraogalle de l'Himalaya
adult
Tétraogalle de l'Himalaya

Himalayan Snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

  • Tetraogallus himalayensis himalayensis (e Afghanistan to nw India and w Nepal)
  • Tetraogallus himalayensis sauricus (Tarbagatai Mts.. e Kazakhstan, w China.)
  • Tetraogallus himalayensis sewerzowi (Tien Shan Mts.. e Kazakhstan, w China.)
  • Tetraogallus himalayensis incognitus (s Tajikistan, n Afghanistan)
  • Tetraogallus himalayensis grombczewskii (s Xinjiang. w China. , n Tibet)
  • Tetraogallus himalayensis koslowi (sw Xinjiang, n Qinghai, sw Gansu. sw China.)

Foreign names

  • Tétraogalle de l'Himalaya,
  • Perdigallo himalayo,
  • galo-das-neves-do-himalaia,
  • Himalajakönigshuhn,
  • himalájai királyfogoly,
  • Himalayaberghoen,
  • Tetraogallo dell'Himalaya,
  • himalayasnöhöna,
  • Himalayahøne,
  • ular himalájsky,
  • velekur himálajský,
  • Himalayakongehøne,
  • himalajanlumikana,
  • gall nival de l'Himàlaia,
  • ułar himalajski,
  • Himalaju sniegirbe,
  • Гималайский улар,
  • ヒマラヤセッケイ,
  • 暗腹雪鸡,
  • 暗腹雪雞,

Voice song and cries

Tétraogalle de l'Himalaya

Habitat

Tétraogalle de l'Himalaya
adult

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: 26-06-2005
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