Pheasants and Partridges (Phasianidae)
Caspian Snowcock (Tetraogallus caspius) - HBW 2, p. 482
French: Tétraogalle de Perse
German: Kaspikönigshuhn
Spanish: Perdigallo del Caspio
Taxonomy: Tetrao caspius S. G. Gmelin, 1784, Astarabad, northern Iran.
Has been included within a species group, the dark bellied snowcocks, with T. caucasicus and T. himalayensis. Population of Turkey and Armenia has been separated in different subspecies, tauricus, but doubtfully distict. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- caspius (S. G. Gmelin, 1784) - S & E Turkey through Armenia and NW Iran to S Transcaspia.
- semenowtianschanskii Zarudny, 1908 - Zagros Mts, Iran.
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