Meaning of snowcock | Babel Free

Definitions

Any of several species of bird in the genus Tetraogallus of the pheasant family Phasianidae, native to mountain regions of Eurasia.

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Examples

“The landscapes were bare and dismal, spotted with patches of stunted birch. There are some Lapp huts, which look like snowcocks in the distance.”

“Another species of Snow-cock occasionally obtained by Indian sportsmen is Tetraogallus tibetanus, Gould, figured in the Birds of Asia, pt. V., pl. 4; but as it has not, I believe, been procured on this side of the Snowy range, I shall only briefly describe it without giving it a place among the Birds of India.”

“A party which ascended the highest peak (Seetaram, 15,000 feet) a week ago, came across a brood of Snow-Cock, and captured all the chicks (nine I think), but later released them.”

“[D]uring the ten days we spent in that little valley the sole vestiges of life seen were 2 snowcock and 1 fly—the latter was found inside my tent and had probably come over from the base camp in the rolled-up tent.”

“On a practical level, there is very little information on which to make judgments on the conservation status of many subspecies and populations of partridges, quails, francolins, snowcocks, guineafowl, and turkeys, […]”

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