Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Galliformes > Phasianidae > Tetraogallus > Tetraogallus caspiusTetraogallus caspius (Caspian Snowcock)Synonyms: Tetrao caspius (homotypic) The Caspian snowcock (Tetraogallus caspius) is a snowcock in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. It is found in the mountains of eastern Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and throughout the Alborz Mountains of Northern Iran. It breeds at altitudes from 1,800–3,000 m (5,900–9,800 ft) on bare stony ground with some alpine scrub. It nests in a bare ground scrape and lays 6–9 greenish eggs, which are incubated only by the female. Its diet consists of seeds and vegetable matter. It forms small flocks when not breeding. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.12785 EDGE Score: 1.81284 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 5.545 lbs (2.515 kg) | | Birth Weight [2] | 75 grams | | Female Weight [4] | 4.564 lbs (2.07 kg) | | Male Weight [4] | 5.71 lbs (2.59 kg) | | Weight Dimorphism [4] | 25.1 % |  | | Diet [3] | Herbivore | | Diet - Plants [3] | 100 % | | Forages - Understory [3] | 50 % | | Forages - Ground [3] | 50 % | | | Clutch Size [2] | 8 | | Clutches / Year [5] | 1 | | Incubation [1] | 28 days | | Snout to Vent Length [5] | 24 inches (60 cm) | | Wing Span [4] | 39 inches (1 m) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Azerbaijan shrub desert and steppe |
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Caucasus mixed forests |
Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Armenia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Eastern Anatolian deciduous forests |
Turkey |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Eastern Anatolian montane steppe |
Iran, Turkey, Armenia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests |
Turkey, Jordan, Israel, Syria |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Elburz Range forest steppe |
Iran |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Kopet Dag semi-desert |
Iran, Turkmenistan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe |
Iran, Turkmenistan |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Northern Anatolian conifer and deciduous forests |
Turkey |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests |
Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Zagros Mountains forest steppe |
Iran |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Kopetdagh Zapovednik State Nature Reserve |
Ia |
125705 |
Turkmenistan |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Adjara-Imereti Ridge |
Georgia |
A1, A2 |
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Aladaglar |
Turkey |
B2 |
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Alborz-e Markazi Protected Area |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
A1, B2, B3 |
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Arasbaran Protected Area |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
A1, A2, A3, B2, B3 |
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Bolkar mountains |
Turkey |
A3, B2 |
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Gndasar |
Armenia |
B1iv, B2 |
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Haghartsin |
Armenia |
A1, A2, A3, B2 |
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Khosrov Reserve |
Armenia |
A1, A3, B2 |
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Kiamaki Wildlife Refuge |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
B3 |
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Kintrishi |
Georgia |
A2 |
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Kurtusuv: Khovudan |
Turkmenistan |
A1, A3 |
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Lake Gey Gel |
Azerbaijan |
A1, A3 |
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Lar River Protected Area |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
A3, B2, B3 |
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Meghri |
Armenia |
A1, A2, A3, B2, B3 |
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Mount Dalidag |
Azerbaijan |
A3, B2 |
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Mount Giamysh |
Azerbaijan |
A1, A3, B2 |
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North-east Turkey |
Turkey |
A1, A3, A4iv, B1iii, B1iv, B2 |
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Ordubad area |
Azerbaijan |
A3, B2 |
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Oshtrankuh Protected Area |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
A3, B2, B3 |
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Parvar Protected Area |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
A3, B2, B3 |
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Shahbuz area |
Azerbaijan |
A3, B2 |
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Shavsheti Ridge |
Georgia |
A1, A2 |
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Trialeti Ridge |
Georgia |
A1, A2 |
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Zangezoor |
Armenia |
A1, A2, A3, B2 |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Caucasus |
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey |
No |
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Irano-Anatolian |
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Turkmenistan |
No |
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Mediterranean Basin |
Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey |
No |
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 Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Storchová, Lenka; Hořák, David (2018), Data from: Life-history characteristics of European birds, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n6k3n ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Hamish 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 ♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 5Nathan 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 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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