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Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	altitudinal migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	62,600 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	6000-32000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2012
Population trend	stable	-	estimated	-
Generation length	5 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The breeding population, which is confined to Europe, was estimated to number 3,300-13,500 pairs, which equates to 6,700-27,100 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2015). Further information from Georgia suggests the number of pairs there may be 500-3,000 (B. Verhelst in litt. 2017), which would put the breeding population in the range of 3,300-16,000 pairs. This equates to 6,600-32,000 mature individuals. The population is therefore placed in the band 6,000-32,000 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The population is estimated to be stable (BirdLife International 2015).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Azerbaijan	extant	native	yes
Georgia	extant	native		yes
Russia	extant	native		yes
Russia (European)	extant	native		yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Azerbaijan	Mount Babadag
Azerbaijan	Mount Bazar-Duzu
Azerbaijan	Mount Shahdag
Azerbaijan	Zakataly
Georgia	Gumista
Georgia	Khevsureti
Georgia	Lagodekhi
Georgia	Liakhvi
Georgia	Pskhu
Georgia	Racha
Georgia	Ritsa
Georgia	Svaneti
Georgia	Tusheti
Russia (European)	Alagirskoye i Kurtatinskoye ravines (Severo-Osetinski (North Osetin) Nature Reserve)
Russia (European)	Alaniya National Park
Russia (European)	Bazarduyzi and Shalbuzdag alpine mountains
Russia (European)	Caucasus Biosphere Reserve
Russia (European)	Digoriya rocks
Russia (European)	Kabardino-Balkarski Nature Reserve
Russia (European)	Kebyaktepe ridge
Russia (European)	Khulamskoye ravine
Russia (European)	Kosobo-Kelebski reserve
Russia (European)	Malka river ravine
Russia (European)	Priel'brus'ye National Park
Russia (European)	Ravine of Eshkakon river
Russia (European)	Samurski ridge
Russia (European)	Shanskoye ravine
Russia (European)	Sochinsky National Park
Russia (European)	Sources of Khudes river
Russia (European)	Targimskaya intermountain
Russia (European)	Teberdinski Nature Reserve
Russia (European)	Tlyaratinski reserve

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		major	resident
Altitude	1800 - 4000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Livestock farming & ranching - Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Species mortality

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Caucasian Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/caucasian-snowcock-tetraogallus-caucasicus on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.