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Species
Himalayan Snowcock
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Tetraogallus himalayensis
- taxon name
- Tetraogallus himalayensis
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- Tetraogallus himalayensis
- taxon common name
- galo-das-neves-do-himalaia
- egg incubation period
- 30
- litter size
- 7
- short name
- T. himalayensis
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
The Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis) is a snowcock in the pheasant family Phasianidae found across the Himalayan ranges and parts of the adjoining Pamir range of Asia. It is found on alpine pastures and on steep rocky cliffs where they will dive down the hill slopes to escape. It overlaps with the slightly smaller Tibetan snowcock in parts of its wide range. The populations from different areas show variations in the colouration and about five subspecies have been designated. They were introduced in the mountains of Nevada in the United States in the 1960s and a wild population has established in the Ruby Mountains.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Himalayan Snowcock” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.