Caucasian Snowcock
Tetraogallus caucasicus(Pallas, PS, 1811)
English (US) Caucasian Snowcock
The Caucasian Snowcock (Tetraogallus caucasicus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Phasianidae (Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies) in the order Galliformes.
Range: rocky high-montane Caucasus of southwestern Russia, northern Georgia, and northern AzerbaijanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tetraogallus caucasicus
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Caucasian Snowcock
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1811)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tetrao caucasica
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1811)
- Type locality
- Rocky heights of the Caucasus.
- Original description
- Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico (etc.) 2 p.76
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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