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Tetraophasis caucasicus

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Tetraophasis caucasicus Life habits and morphological characteristics

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Tetraophasis caucasicus Distribution range and habitat

It is distributed in Eurasia and northern Africa (including the whole of Europe, Africa north of the Tropic of Cancer, the Arabian Peninsula, and Asia north of the Himalayas, Hengduan Mountains, Minshan Mountains, Qinling Mountains, and Huaihe River).

Tetraophasis caucasicus Detailed Introduction

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.

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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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