- Rock ptarmigan - Wikipedia
The rock ptarmigan is a sedentary species which breeds across Arctic and Subarctic Eurasia and North America (including Greenland) on rocky mountainsides and tundra
- Ptarmigan | Arctic, Ground-Dwelling, Game Bird | Britannica
Ptarmigan, any of three or four species of partridgelike grouse of cold regions, belonging to the genus Lagopus of the grouse family, Tetraonidae They undergo seasonal changes of plumage, from white against winter snowfields to gray or brown, with barring, in spring and summer against tundra
- Rock Ptarmigan Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Slightly larger than a White-tailed Ptarmigan, slightly smaller than a Willow Ptarmigan In winter, Rock Ptarmigan are white with dark eyes, bill, lores (area between bill and eye), and tail feathers Breeding males have scarlet patches (“combs”) above their eyes
- Ptarmigan - Description, Habitat, Image, Diet, and Interesting Facts
Ptarmigans are small birds in the grouse family There are three different species of ptarmigans, and they are all members of the genus Lagopus he three species of ptarmigans are the willow, white-tailed, and rock ptarmigan All species live in North America and Eurasia, primarily in Arctic regions Read on to learn about the ptarmigan
- Rock Ptarmigan | Audubon Field Guide
Well camouflaged by white winter plumage and mottled brown summer plumage; male molts later in spring than female, so early in the breeding season he remains conspicuously white while she becomes almost invisible against the tundra
- Ptarmigan - U. S. National Park Service
All three species of North American ptarmigan: willow, rock and white-tailed, live in Denali Ptarmigan are members of the grouse family and they spend much of their lives on the ground
- Ptarmigans (Lagopus) - Birds of North America
There are three types of ptarmigans found in North America The Willow Ptarmigan and the Rock Ptarmigan cover all the northern ranges of Canada and Alaska The White-tailed Ptarmigan lives only in the Rocky Mountains Ptarmigans live in the land of snow, preferring tundra and the tops of tall mountains for their habitat
- Rock Ptarmigan | Facts, pictures more about Rock Ptarmigan
Name: Ptarmigan, Snow Chicken, Raichō, White Grouse, White Game (Lagopus muta) Length: 35 centimetres Weight: 450 to 640 grams Location: Remote regions of Arctic and subarctic regions of North America, Greenland, and in the mountains of the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Urals, the Altay Mountains, Japan, and Scotland
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