The Key to Scientific Names
- TETRAOGALLUS
(Phasianidae; Ϯ Himalayan Snowcock T. himalayensis) Compound of genera Tetrao Linnaeus, 1758, grouse, and Gallus Brisson, 1760, fowl; "NIGELL'S PHEASANT-GROUSE. TETRAOGALLUS NIGELLII Gray [pl. 46]" (J. Gray 1832); "Tetraogallus J. E. Gray, in Hardwicke's Ill. Ind. Zool., 2, pt. 11, 1832, pl. 46. Type, by monotypy, Tetraogallus nigellii J. E. Gray (not Lophophorus nigelli Jardine and Selby) = Tetraogallus himalayensis G. R. Gray." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 60).
Var. Setraogallus.
Synon. Chourtka, Megaloperdix, Montigallus, Oreotetrax.
● (Phasianidae; quasi-syn. Tetraogallus † Caucasian Snowcock T. caucasicus) “Genera et Species typicae. ... 4. *Tetraogallus J. E. GRAY. caucasicus (Tetrao — Pall.) Gr. Tab. XXIX. Caput, culmen, ala, cauda, pes. Ic. Av. t. 353. ic.1990 —91. t. 262. ic. 2542.” (Reichenbach 1853); “Tetraogallus “J. Gray” Reichenbach, 1853, Avium Systema Naturale, p. XXVII (not of J. Gray, 1832). Type, by original designation, Tetrao caucasica Pallas, 1811.” (JAJ 2023).