Wildlife & Flora
Tibetan Snowcock
Tibetan Snowcock (Tetraogallus tibetanus) is a wildlife & flora sighting recorded around Dingboche, Pheriche, Phortse.
- Scientific name
- Tetraogallus tibetanus
- Local name
- Kongma Heukukhura
- Category
- Wildlife & Flora
This noisy partridge has forgotten the art of flight. At its best, it can flutter downhill, and that too if you insist strongly. The best time to see them is during late autumn and winter when they go out in large parties up to 30 strong. They are also very tame and/or curious in the Everest Region, where its far-carrying kwek-kwek is a very common sound especially during mornings and evenings.
