Caucasian Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (32)
- Monotypic
Alfredo Salvador and Alexander Y. Sokolov
Version: 2.0 — Published March 31, 2023
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Azerbaijani | Qafqaz uları |
| Bulgarian | Кавказки улар |
| Catalan | gall nival del Caucas |
| Croatian | kavkaski jareb |
| Czech | velekur kavkazský |
| Danish | Kaukasisk Kongehøne |
| Dutch | Kaukasisch Berghoen |
| English | Caucasian Snowcock |
| English (United States) | Caucasian Snowcock |
| Finnish | kaukasianlumikana |
| French | Tétraogalle du Caucase |
| French (France) | Tétraogalle du Caucase |
| German | Kaukasuskönigshuhn |
| Greek | Χιονοπετεινός του Καυκάσου |
| Hebrew | תרנגול שלג קווקזי |
| Hungarian | Kaukázusi királyfogoly |
| Icelandic | Mjallhæna |
| Japanese | コーカサスセッケイ |
| Lithuanian | Kaukazinis ularas |
| Norwegian | kaukasushøne |
| Polish | ułar kaukaski |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Galo-das-neves-do-cáucaso |
| Romanian | Cocoș de zăpadă caucazian |
| Russian | Кавказский улар |
| Serbian | Kavkaska koka |
| Slovak | ular maľovaný |
| Slovenian | Kavkaška skalna kokoš |
| Spanish | Perdigallo Caucasiano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Perdigallo caucasiano |
| Swedish | kaukasisk snöhöna |
| Turkish | Kafkas Urkekliği |
| Ukrainian | Улар кавказький |
Revision Notes
Alfredo Salvador and Alexander Y. Sokolov revised the account. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages and Molts sections. Leo Gilman Copy edited the account. Tammy Zhang curated the media.
Tetraogallus caucasicus (Pallas, 1811)
PROTONYM:
Tetrao caucasica
Pallas, 1811. Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico (etc.) 2, p.76.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Rocky heights of the Caucasus.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TETRAOGALLUS
- caucasica / caucasicus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Caucasian Snowcock
