Rock Ptarmigan

Lagopus muta - Lagopède alpin

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Galliformes

  • Family
    :

    Phasianidés

  • Genus
    :

    Lagopus

  • Species
    :

    muta

Descriptor

Montin, 1781

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 38 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 55 à 66 cm.
  • Weight
    : 430 à 750 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Lagopède alpin
♂ adult plum. breeding
Lagopède alpin
♀ adult plum. breeding

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,

Voice song and cries

Lagopède alpin
♂ adult plum. post breeding

Habitat

Lagopède alpin
♂ adult plum. transition

Grassland : Tundra

Geographic range

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

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Lagopède alpin
published: - Updated: 05-12-2004
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