Caucasian Snowcock (Tetraogallus caucasicus), version 2.0

Salvador, Alfredo; Sokolov, Alexander Y.

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Caucasian Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus Scientific name definitions

Alfredo Salvador and Alexander Y. Sokolov
Version: 2.0 — Published March 31, 2023
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Introduction
Identification
- Identification Summary
- Field Identification
- Similar Species Summary
- Similar Species
Plumages, Molts, and Structure
- Plumages
- Molts
- Bare Parts
- Measurements
Systematics
- Systematics History
- Geographic Variation
- Subspecies
- Related Species
- Hybridization
- Nomenclature
- Fossil History
Distribution
- Historical Changes to the Distribution
Habitat
- Habitat in Breeding Range
- Habitat in Nonbreeding Range
Movements and Migration
- Movement
- Dispersal and Site Fidelity
- Migration Overview
- Timing and Routes of Migration
- Migratory Behavior
- Control and Physiology of Migration
Diet and Foraging
- Feeding
- Diet
- Food Selection and Storage
- Nutrition and Energetics
- Metabolism and Temperature Regulation
- Drinking, Pellet-Casting, and Defecation
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
- Vocalizations
- Nonvocal Sounds
Behavior
- Locomotion
- Self-Maintenance
- Agonistic Behavior
- Spacing
- Sexual Behavior
- Social and Interspecific Behavior
- Predation
Breeding
- Phenology
- Nest Site
- Nest
- Eggs
- Incubation
- Hatching
- Young Birds
- Parental Care
- Cooperative Breeding
- Brood Parasitism
- Fledgling Stage
- Immature Stage
Demography and Populations
- Measures of Breeding Activity
- Life Span and Survivorship
- Disease and Body Parasites
- Causes of Mortality
- Population Spatial Metrics
- Population Status
- Population Regulation
Conservation and Management
- Conservation Status
- Effects of Human Activity
- Management
Other
Priorities for Future Research
Acknowledgments
About the Author(s)

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- Video
- Illustrations
- Figures

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Salvador, A. and A. Y. Sokolov (2023). Caucasian Snowcock (Tetraogallus caucasicus), version 2.0. In Birds of the World (G. M. Kirwan and B. K. Keeney, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.causno1.02

Language	Common name
Azerbaijani	Qafqaz uları
Bulgarian	Кавказки улар
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 (French Guiana)	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

Caucasian Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus Scientific name definitions

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Tetraogallus caucasicus (Pallas, 1811)

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