Altai snowcock (Tetraogallus altaicus Gebler, 1836) in the territory of Kurai ridge

According to the field survey (September-October 2014) Altai snowcock (Tetraogallus altaicus Gebler, 1836) is registered in the territory of the joint Kurai Ridge and Chulyshman Plateau in the basin of Lower and Upper Ildugem (left tributaries of the river Bashkaus) visually using binoculars, as well as fixed traces of life. On the Kurai Ridge at altitudes of 2,000 to 2,500 meters above sea level registered two separate flocks of five or six birds are far enough away from each other.