Tibetan Snowcock

Tetraogallus tibetanus - Tétraogalle du Tibet

Tétraogalle du Tibet
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Galliformes

  • Family
    :

    Phasianidés

  • Genus
    :

    Tetraogallus

  • Species
    :

    tibetanus

Descriptor

Gould, 1854

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 56 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 1170 à 1750 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Tétraogalle du Tibet
♂ adult
Tétraogalle du Tibet

Tibetan Snowcock (Tetraogallus tibetanus) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

  • Tetraogallus tibetanus tibetanus (e Afghanistan to w Tibetan plateau and n India)
  • Tetraogallus tibetanus tschimenensis (Kun Lun and Altun Shan Mts. n Tibet, nw China.)
  • Tetraogallus tibetanus aquilonifer (n Nepal to n Bhutan, ne India and sw China)
  • Tetraogallus tibetanus yunnanensis (n Yunnan. sc China.)
  • Tetraogallus tibetanus henrici (e Xizang, w Sichuan. c China.)
  • Tetraogallus tibetanus przewalskii (Qinghai, n Sichuan, w Gansu. nc China.)

Foreign names

  • Tétraogalle du Tibet,
  • Perdigallo tibetano,
  • galo-das-neves-tibetano,
  • Tibetkönigshuhn,
  • tibeti királyfogoly,
  • Tibetaans Berghoen,
  • Tetraogallo del Tibet,
  • tibetsnöhöna,
  • Tibethøne,
  • ular tibetský,
  • velekur tibetský,
  • Tibetkongehøne,
  • tiibetinlumikana,
  • gall nival del Tibet,
  • ułar tybetański,
  • Tibetas sniegirbe,
  • Тибетский улар,
  • チベットセッケイ,
  • 藏雪鸡,
  • 藏雪雞,

Voice song and cries

Tétraogalle du Tibet

Habitat

Tétraogalle du Tibet
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: 18-09-2005
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