Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Galliformes > Phasianidae > Tetraogallus > Tetraogallus altaicusTetraogallus altaicus (Altai Snowcock)Synonyms: Perdix altaica (homotypic); Tetrao urogallus altaicus The Altai snowcock (Tetraogallus altaicus) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found in western Mongolia and adjacent areas of China, Kazakhstan and Russia. Its natural habitat is boreal forests. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.02749 EDGE Score: 1.79633 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 6.107 lbs (2.77 kg) | | Female Weight [1] | 5.60 lbs (2.54 kg) | | Male Weight [1] | 6.614 lbs (3.00 kg) | | Weight Dimorphism [1] | 18.1 % |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore | | Diet - Fruit [2] | 20 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 10 % | | Diet - Plants [2] | 50 % | | Diet - Seeds [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 100 % | | | Clutch Size [1] | 6 | | Incubation [3] | 28 days | | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 23 inches (58 cm) |
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Species |
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Alashan Plateau semi-desert |
China, Mongolia |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Altai alpine meadow and tundra |
China, Kazakstan, Mongolia, Russia |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Altai montane forest and forest steppe |
China, Kazakstan, Mongolia, Russia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Emin Valley steppe |
China, Kazakstan |
Palearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Gobi Lakes Valley desert steppe |
Mongolia |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Great Lakes Basin desert steppe |
Mongolia, Russia |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Junggar Basin semi-desert |
China, Kazakstan, Mongolia |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Khangai Mountains alpine meadow |
Mongolia |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Khangai Mountains conifer forests |
Mongolia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Sayan Alpine meadows and tundra |
Mongolia, Russia |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Sayan Intermontane steppe |
Russia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Sayan montane conifer forests |
Mongolia, Russia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Selenge-Orkhon forest steppe |
Mongolia, Russia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Trans-Baikal conifer forests |
Russia, Mongolia |
Palearctic |
Boreal Forests/Taiga |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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