Afghanistan (B) (NB), China (mainland), India, Kazakhstan (B), Kyrgyzstan (B) (NB), Nepal, Pakistan, Russia (Asian), Tajikistan (B), Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
Introduced to USA (B).
Population
Estimated population is 200,000 (2010).
Himalayan Snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis) [XC813674]
by Peter Boesman from Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan (song)
Himalayan Snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis) [XC145258]
by Florian Klingel from Between Observatory and Kosmostansia, Ile-Alatau NP, Almaty, Kazakhstan (call)
Subspecies
Population of north-western Afghanistan has been separated in subspecies bendi, although usually included within incognitus.
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:
sewerzowi Zarudny, 1910 - Tien Shan Mts north to Zaysan (eastern Kazakhstan) and east to eastern Xinjiang (north-western China).
incognitus Zarudny, 1911 - Mountains of southern Tadjikistan and northern Afghanistan.
himalayensis Gray, 1843 - Eastern Afghanistan east to Ladakh (north-western India) and Nepal.
grombczewskii Bianchi, 1898 - Central-western China, in western Kunlun Mts, northern Tibet and southern Xinjiang.
koslowi Bianchi, 1898 - West-central China, in Nan Shan and Ching Hai Ku Mts of Qinghai and southern Gansu.
sauricus Potapov, 1993 - Tarbagatai Mts. (eastern Kazakhstan, western China).