Himalayan Snowcock

Himalayan Snowcock / Tetraogallus himalayensis

Himalayan Snowcock

Here the details of the Himalayan Snowcock named bird below:

SCI Name:  Tetraogallus himalayensis
Protonym:  Tetraogallus Himalayensis Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1842) (1842), Pt10 no.114 p.105
Taxonomy:  Galliformes / Phasianidae /
Taxonomy Code:  himsno
Type Locality:  Himalayas.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1843
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

TETRAOGALLUS
(Phasianidae; Ϯ Himalayan Snowcock T. himalayensis) Compound of genera Tetrao Linnaeus, 1758, grouse, and Gallus Brisson, 1760, fowl; "NIGELL'S PHEASANT-GROUSE. TETRAOGALLUS NIGELLII Gray [pl. 46]" (J. Gray 1832); "Tetraogallus J. E. Gray, in Hardwicke's Ill. Ind. Zool., 2, pt. 11, 1832, pl. 46. Type, by monotypy, Tetraogallus nigellii J. E. Gray (not Lophophorus nigelli Jardine and Selby) = Tetraogallus himalayensis G. R. Gray." (Peters 1934, II, 60).
Var. Setraogallus.
Synon. Chourtka, Megaloperdix, Montigallus, Oreotetrax.

himalayensis
Himalaya Mts.  < Sanskrit hima  snow; ālaya  abode.

SUBSPECIES

Himalayan Snowcock (sewerzowi)
SCI Name: Tetraogallus himalayensis sewerzowi
severzowi / sewerzowi
Prof. Nikolai Aleksyeevich Severtzov (also spelled Syevertzov, Severzoff, and Ssewerzow) (1827-1885) Russian zoologist, explorer in Central Asia (syn. Caprimulgus europaeus meridionalis, syn. Garrulus glandarius brandtii, syn. Phoenicurus erythrogastrus grandis, syn. Pterocles alchata caudacutus, subsp. Tetraogallus himalayensis, Tetrastes) (see severtzowi).

Himalayan Snowcock (incognitus)
SCI Name: Tetraogallus himalayensis incognitus
incognita / incognitus
L. incognitus unknown, not examined, not identified  <  in-  not; cognitus  known  < cognoscere  to recognise.

Himalayan Snowcock (himalayensis)
SCI Name: Tetraogallus himalayensis himalayensis
himalayensis
Himalaya Mts.  < Sanskrit hima  snow; ālaya  abode.

Himalayan Snowcock (grombczewskii)
SCI Name: Tetraogallus himalayensis grombczewskii
grombczewskii
Gen. Bronislav Ludvigovich Grombchevsky or Grąbczewski (1855-1926) Polish explorer in the Russian service in Central Asia 1888-1892 (subsp. Tetraogallus himalayensis).

Himalayan Snowcock (koslowi)
SCI Name: Tetraogallus himalayensis koslowi
koslowi
Gen. Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov (1863-1935) Russian Army, explorer in Central Asia (Emberiza, GarrulaxPrunella, subsp. Tetraogallus himalayensis).