Snowcock
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Subfamily: | Perdicinae |
| Genus: | Tetraogallus J.E. Gray, 1832 |
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The snowcocks are a group of bird species in the genus Tetraogallus of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. They are ground-nesting birds that breed in the mountain ranges of southern Eurasia from the Caucasus to the Himalayas and western China. The Himalayan Snowcock has been introduced successfully into the Ruby Mountains of Nevada, USA. Snowcocks feed on plants and plant seeds.
[edit] Species
The five species within the genus along with subspecies are:[1]
- Caucasian Snowcock, Tetraogallus caucasicus (Pallas, 1811)
- Caspian Snowcock, Tetraogallus caspius (Gmelin, 1784)
- T. c. caspius (Gmelin, 1784)
- T. c. semenowtianschanskii Zarudny, 1908
- Tibetan Snowcock, Tetraogallus tibetanus Gould, 1854
- T. t. tibetanus Gould, 1854
- T. t. tschimenensis Sushkin, 1926
- T. t. centralis Sushkin, 1926
- T. t. przewalskii Bianchi, 1907
- T. t. henrici Oustalet, 1891
- T. t. aquilonifer R. & A. Meinertzhagen, 1926
- Altai Snowcock, Tetraogallus altaicus (Gebler, 1836)
- T. a. altaicus (Gebler, 1836)
- T. a. orientalis Sushkin, 1926
- Himalayan Snowcock, Tetraogallus himalayensis Gray, 1843
- T. h. himalayensis Gray, 1843
- T. h. grombczewskii Bianchi, 1898
- T. h. koslowi Bianchi, 1898
[edit] References
- ^ Peters, JL (1934). Check-list of birds of the world. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 60-63. http://www.archive.org/stream/checklistofbirds21934pete#page/59/mode/1up.
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