Himalayan Snowcock / Tetraogallus himalayensis
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Himalayan Snowcock
SCI Name:
Protonym: Tetraogallus Himalayensis Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1842) (1842), Pt10 no.114 p.105
Taxonomy: Galliformes / Phasianidae / Tetraogallus
Taxonomy Code: himsno
Type Locality: Himalayas.
Author: Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1843
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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, Garrulax, Prunella, subsp. Tetraogallus himalayensis).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
