Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Armenian | Վայրի հնդկահավ/ուլար |
Azerbaijani | Xəzər uları |
Bulgarian | Каспийски улар |
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
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Caspian Snowcock Tetraogallus caspius Scientific name definitions
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
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 18, 2015
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Caspian Snowcock Tetraogallus caspius
Authors
Philip J. K. McGowan, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
McGowan, P. J. K., G. M. Kirwan, and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Caspian Snowcock (Tetraogallus caspius), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.cassno1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- October 18, 2015
- Caspian Snowcock Tetraogallus caspius
Authors
Philip J. K. McGowan, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan and Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
McGowan, P. J. K., G. M. Kirwan, and P. F. D. Boesman (2015). Caspian Snowcock (Tetraogallus caspius). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.