Caspian Snowcock Tetraogallus caspius Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (34)
- Subspecies (2)
Philip J. K. McGowan, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 18, 2015
Text last updated October 18, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Armenian | Վայրի հնդկահավ/ուլար |
| Azerbaijani | Xəzər uları |
| Bulgarian | Каспийски улар |
| Catalan | gall nival del Caspi |
| Croatian | sivoprsi jareb |
| Czech | velekur kaspický |
| Danish | Kaspisk Kongehøne |
| Dutch | Kaspisch Berghoen |
| English | Caspian Snowcock |
| English (United States) | Caspian Snowcock |
| Finnish | kaspianlumikana |
| French | Tétraogalle de Perse |
| French (France) | Tétraogalle de Perse |
| German | Kaspikönigshuhn |
| Greek | Χιονοπετεινός της Κασπίας |
| Hebrew | תרנגול שלג כספי |
| Hungarian | Kaszpi királyfogoly |
| Icelandic | Snæhæna |
| Japanese | カスピアセッケイ |
| Lithuanian | Kaspijinis ularas |
| Norwegian | kurdistanhøne |
| Persian | کبک دری |
| Polish | ułar kaspijski |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Galo-das-neves-do-cáspio |
| Romanian | Cocoș de zăpadă caspic |
| Russian | Каспийский улар |
| Serbian | Kaspijska koka |
| Slovak | ular kaspický |
| Slovenian | Kaspijska skalna kokoš |
| Spanish | Perdigallo del Caspio |
| Spanish (Spain) | Perdigallo del Caspio |
| Swedish | kaspisk snöhöna |
| Turkish | Urkeklik |
| Ukrainian | Улар прикаспійський |
Tetraogallus caspius (Gmelin, 1784)
PROTONYM:
Tetrao caspius
Gmelin, 1784. Reise durch Russland zur Untersuchung der drey Natur-Reiche 4, p.67 pl.10.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Prov. of Astarabad, northern Persia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TETRAOGALLUS
- caspius
The Key to Scientific Names
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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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Caspian Snowcock
