Caucasian Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (31)
- Monotypic
Philip J. K. McGowan, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 9, 2019
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 9, 2019
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Species names in all available languages
| 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 |
Tetraogallus caucasicus (Pallas, 1811)
PROTONYM:
Tetrao caucasica
Pallas, 1811. Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. 2, p.76.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Rocky heights of the Caucasus.
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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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Caucasian Snowcock