Snowcocks - Himalayan Snowcock, Caspian Snowcock, Caucasian Snowcock, Tibetan Snowcock (Paperback)

Chapters: Himalayan Snowcock, Caspian Snowcock, Caucasian Snowcock, Tibetan Snowcock. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 17. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Himalayan Snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis) is a snowcock in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. It is endemic to the Himalayan Mountains of Pakistan, where it breeds at altitudes from 36005100 m on bare stony mountains. It nests in a bare ground scrape and lays typically 5-10 eggs, which are incubated only by the female. Both parents raise the young. Its food is seeds and vegetable matter. Himalayan Snowcock fly downslope in the morning and feed as they walk uphill as the day wears on. It forms small flocks when not breeding. This is a 5472 cm long bird. Its plumage is patterned with grey, brown, white and black, but this snowcock looks grey from any distance. The breast is pale with horizontal blackish streaking. This bird has a thin brown collar at the base of its white throat. Himalayan Snowcocks have been introduced to the Ruby Mountains of northeastern Nevada in the United States where a small sustaining population of approximately 250-500 birds exists. ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=679006