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308: 2815: 1998: 247:-like birds. Males and females are generally similar in appearance but females tend to be slightly smaller and rather duller in colouration than males. They are generally grey with varying amounts of white, black and brown according to species and with distinctive white under tail-coverts. Their plumage is thick with a downy base to the feathers which helps them to withstand severe winter temperatures that may fall to −40 °C (−40 °F). The colour of juvenile snowcocks is similar to the colour of the females and the young are not fully grown until their second year of life. 508: 430: 1744: 459: 56: 385: 31: 1243: 271:
Nepal, Bhutan, Tajikistan and China. The Himalayan snowcock occurs in mountainous areas of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Nepal, India and China and has been introduced into the United States. The Altai snowcock is endemic to high altitudes in Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China and the Russian Federation.
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in Azerbaijan, Georgia and the Russian Federation. It has been introduced into the United States. The Caspian snowcock is native to eastern Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq and Georgia and has been introduced into the United States. The Tibetan snowcock is native to mountain ranges in India,
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Snowcocks are heavy birds and are unable to fly far with flapping flight. Instead they run to a high point, launch themselves into the air and glide, gradually losing altitude. They are to be found on open slopes above the tree line where they feed on leaves, shoots, roots, fruits, berries and
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Pheasants, Partridges and Grouse: A Guide to the Pheasants, Partridges, Quails, Grouse, Guineafowl, Buttonquails and Sandgrouse of the World
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and western China. Some of the species have been introduced into the United States. Snowcocks feed mainly on plant material.
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The snowcocks are each endemic to different mountain ranges in Asia where they are normally found on open slopes above the
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eastern Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and throughout the Alborz Mountains of Northern Iran.
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Central and South Asia above the treeline and near the snowline. In the Himalayas
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Madge, Steve; McGowan, J. K.; Kirwan, Guy M. (2002).
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Index


Tibetan snowcock
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Galliformes
Phasianidae
Coturnicini
Tetraogallus
J.E. Gray
Type species
Tetraogallus nigelli
J.E. Gray
Tetraogallus himalayensis
G.R. Gray
bird
species
genus
Phasianidae
Eurasia
Caucasus
Himalayas
partridge
tree line
Caucasus Mountains
subspecies

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