Tibetan Snowcock

Tetraogallus tibetanus Gould, 1854

Tibetan Snowcock, Tetraogallus tibetanus, is a pheasant relative that breeds across the Himalayas in the Palearctic. It lives on alpine pastures, stony ridges and other open ground above the tree line, and also occurs in the Pamirs, Tibet, Pakistan and China. It is smaller than the Himalayan snowcock. The bird has a grey head and neck, a white patch behind the eye, white underparts marked with black streaks, and a broad white edge on the secondaries that shows in flight. Sexes are similar.

Order

Galliformes

Family

Phasianidae — Pheasants & Allies

Breeding range

Palearctic: Himalayas