The willow ptarmigan (/ˈtɑːrmɪɡən/ TAR-mi-gun); Lagopus lagopus) is a bird in the grouse subfamily Tetraoninae of the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is...
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440–640 g (15+1⁄2–22+1⁄2 oz). It is smaller than the willow ptarmigan by about ten percent. The rock ptarmigan is seasonally camouflaged; its feathers moult...
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monophyletic, with the rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) and White-tailed ptarmigan being sister species. The position of the willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) is...
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Canadian High Arctic to refer to the feces of the rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) and the willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus), which are considered a delicacy...
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movements; many individuals of the ptarmigan (called rock ptarmigan in the US) and willow grouse (called willow ptarmigan in the US) migrate hundreds of kilometers...
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Britain and Ireland. It is usually classified as a subspecies of the willow ptarmigan but is sometimes considered to be a separate species, Lagopus scoticus...
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summer is very short, remain white all year round. Arctic fox Rock ptarmigan Willow ptarmigan Snowshoe hare Stoat Long-tailed duck Chameleons - Colour change...
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grouse Siberian grouse Black grouse Black-billed capercaillie Willow ptarmigan Rock ptarmigan Daurian partridge Japanese quail Ring-necked pheasant Sika...
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Einar; Høidal, Karsten (1992). "Cryptic Behaviour in Moulting Hen Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus l. lagopus during Snow Melt". Ornis Scandinavica. 23 (1): 101–104...
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