Tibetan Snowcock
Tetraogallus tibetanus
Summary 2
The Tibetan snowcock (Tetraogallus tibetanus) is a bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. This species is found in high-altitude regions of the Western Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau, where it overlaps in part with the larger Himalayan snowcock. The head is greyish and there is a white crescent patch behind the eye and underside is white with black stripes. In flight the secondaries show a broad white trailing edge.
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- (c) Pietro Columba, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/24823485@N06/4569926257
- (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraogallus_tibetanus
