Tibetan Snowcock (Tetraogallus tibetanus) [XC176140]
by Antony Schubert from Yushu, Qinghai, China (call)
Tibetan Snowcock (Tetraogallus tibetanus) [XC470622]
by Zhou Zhe \u5468\u54f2 from Manang (near Ngawal), Gandaki, Western Development Region, Nepal (call, song)
Subspecies
Proposed subspecies tschimenensis included in nominate tibetanus, and centralis within przewalskii.
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:
tibetanus Gould, 1854 - Pamirs and Tadjikistan south-east to western Tibet and Ladakh.
przewalskii Bianchi, 1907 - North-eastern India to west-central China (Qinghai, south-western Gansu and north-western Sichuan).
aquilonifer Meinertzhagen, R & Meinertzhagen, A, 1926 - Western Nepal east to Bhutan.
henrici Oustalet, 1892 - Eastern Tibet to north-western Sichuan.
tschimenensis Sushkin, 1926 - Kun Lun and Altun Shan Mts ( northern Tibet, north-western China).
yunnanensis Yang & Xu, 1987 - Northern Yunnan (south-central China).