White-tailed Ptarmigan

Lagopus leucura - Lagopède à queue blanche

Lagopède à queue blanche
adult
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Galliformes

  • Family
    :

    Phasianidés

  • Genus
    :

    Lagopus

  • Species
    :

    leucura

Descriptor

Richardson, 1831

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 34 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

  • Lagopus leucura leucura (w Canada)
  • Lagopus leucura peninsularis (sc Alaska, Yukon)
  • Lagopus leucura rainierensis (c and s Washington. USA.)
  • Lagopus leucura saxatilis (Vancouver I.. Canada.)
  • Lagopus leucura altipetens (Rocky Mts. from Montana to New Mexico. USA.)

Foreign names

  • Lagopède à queue blanche,
  • Lagópodo coliblanco,
  • lagopo-de-cauda-branca,
  • Weißschwanz-Schneehuhn,
  • fehérfarkú hófajd,
  • Witstaartsneeuwhoen,
  • Pernice codabianca,
  • vitstjärtad ripa,
  • Hvithalerype,
  • snehuľa bielochvostá,
  • bělokur běloocasý,
  • Hvidhalet Rype,
  • valkopyrstöriekko,
  • perdiu cuablanca,
  • pardwa białosterna,
  • baltastes teteris,
  • Белохвостая куропатка,
  • オジロライチョウ,
  • 白尾雷鸟,
  • 白尾雷鳥,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Forest : Boreal ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) :

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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