Ular , or mountain turkeys ( lat. Tetraogallus ) - a genus of birds from the family of pheasant ( Phasianidae ). Body length 50–70 cm. Distributed in the highlands of Asia - from Turkey in the west to Mongolia and China in the east.
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Representatives
- Altai Ular ( Tetraogallus altaicus ) - Altai Mountains , Sayan Mountains [1] ;
- Himalayan Ular ( Tetraogallus himalayensis ) - Tien Shan , Pamir-Alai , Hindu Kush , Kunlun , west of the Himalayas [2] ;
- Caucasian Ular ( Tetraogallus caucasicus ) - Greater Caucasus [3] ;
- Caspian Ular ( Tetraogallus caspius ) - Taurus and Pontic Mountains , Elburs , Kopetdag , Zagros [4] ;
- Tibetan Ular ( Tetraogallus tibetanus ) - east of the Pamirs , Himalayas , Sino-Tibetan mountains , Kunlun [5] .
Notes
- ↑ Tetraogallus altaicus (English) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . (Retrieved December 1, 2012)
- ↑ Tetraogallus himalayensis (English) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . (Retrieved December 1, 2012)
- ↑ Tetraogallus caucasicus (English) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . (Retrieved December 1, 2012)
- ↑ Tetraogallus caspius (English) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . (Retrieved December 1, 2012)
- ↑ Tetraogallus tibetanus (English) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . (Retrieved December 1, 2012)