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-do-tibete,
  • 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 call

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

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