Rock Ptarmigan
Lagopus muta - Lagopède alpin
Systematics
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Order:
Galliformes
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Family:
Phasianidés
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Genus:
Lagopus
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Species:
muta
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 38 cm
- Wingspan: 55 à 66 cm.
- Weight: 430 à 750 g
Geographic range
Identification
Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.
Subspecific information 23 subspecies
- Lagopus muta muta (n Scandinavia to Kola Pen.. nw Russia.)
- Lagopus muta millaisi (Scotland)
- Lagopus muta helvetica (Alps)
- Lagopus muta pyrenaica (c and e Pyrenees. France/Spain.)
- Lagopus muta pleskei (n Siberia)
- Lagopus muta nadezdae (s Siberia, n Mongolia)
- Lagopus muta gerasimovi (Karaginskiy Is.. Russia.)
- Lagopus muta ridgwayi (Commander Is.. Russia.)
- Lagopus muta kurilensis (Kuril Is.. Russia.)
- Lagopus muta japonica (Honshu. Japan.)
- Lagopus muta evermanni (Attu I.. w Aleutian Is., USA.)
- Lagopus muta townsendi (Kiska I. Amchitka, Little Sitkin and Rat Is.. w Aleutian Is., USA.)
- Lagopus muta atkhensis (Tanaga I., Adak I., Atka I.. wc Aleutian Is., USA.)
- Lagopus muta yunaskensis (Yunaska I.. c Aleutian Is.. USA.)
- Lagopus muta nelsoni (Unimak and Unalaska Is.. e Aleutian Is. USA. and s Alaska)
- Lagopus muta dixoni (Glacier Bay Is., se Alaska. USA.)
- Lagopus muta rupestris (n North America)
- Lagopus muta welchi (Newfoundland. Canada.)
- Lagopus muta saturata (nw Greenland)
- Lagopus muta macruros (ne Greenland)
- Lagopus muta reinhardi (s Greenland)
- Lagopus muta hyperborea (Svalbard. Norway. , Franz Josef Land (Russia))
- Lagopus muta islandorum (Iceland)
Foreign names
- Lagopède alpin,
- Lagópodo alpino,
- lagopo-branco,
- Alpenschneehuhn,
- havasi hófajd,
- Alpensneeuwhoen,
- Pernice bianca,
- fjällripa,
- Fjellrype,
- snehuľa horská,
- bělokur horský,
- Fjeldrype,
- kiiruna,
- perdiu blanca,
- Rjúpa,
- pardwa górska,
- klinšu teteris,
- belka,
- Тундряная куропатка,
- ライチョウ,
- 岩雷鸟,
- 岩雷鳥,
Habitat
Grassland : Tundra
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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