Alias:Tetraophasis caucasicus,Caucasian Snowcock
Outline:Landfowl
Family:Gallinomorpha Pheasant family S.Chicken
length:50-60cm
Weight:2-2.5kg
Life:No textual research information is available
IUCN:LC
Tetraophasis caucasicus, Caucasian Snowcock, likes to form groups, usually in small groups of 3-5 birds. In areas with high density, large groups of 10-20 and even up to 100 individuals can be seen. Active during the day, from dawn until dusk, often walking up the mountainside to forage until the top of the mountain. Rest by the rocks around noon, preen. Timid and alert, he would flee from danger at a distance.
Listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 2016 Red List of Threatened Species ver 3.1 - Not Threatened (LC).
Listed in China's national second-class protected animals.
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