Willow Ptarmigan

Lagopus lagopus - Lagopède des saules

Lagopède des saules
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Galliformes

  • Family
    :

    Phasianidés

  • Genus
    :

    Lagopus

  • Species
    :

    lagopus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 43 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 55 à 65 cm.
  • Weight
    : 370 à 650 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Lagopède des saules
♂ adult plum. breeding
Lagopède des saules
♀ adult plum. breeding

Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.

Subspecific information 16 subspecies

  • Lagopus lagopus lagopus (Scandinavia, n Russia)
  • Lagopus lagopus scotica (Britain, Ireland)
  • Lagopus lagopus variegata (islets off w Norway)
  • Lagopus lagopus rossica (Baltic countries to c Russia)
  • Lagopus lagopus koreni (Siberia to Kamchatka Pen.)
  • Lagopus lagopus maior (n Kazakhstan, sw Siberia)
  • Lagopus lagopus brevirostris (e Kazakhstan to sc Siberia and w Mongolia)
  • Lagopus lagopus kozlowae (n Mongolia, s Siberia)
  • Lagopus lagopus sserebrowsky (ne Mongolia to se Siberia and ne China)
  • Lagopus lagopus okadai (Sakhalin I.. Russia.)
  • Lagopus lagopus alascensis (Alaska. USA.)
  • Lagopus lagopus alexandrae (Aleutian Is., Kodiak I., s, se Alaska islands,. USA. , nw British Columbia (Canada))
  • Lagopus lagopus leucoptera (northern-most Canada and its arctic islands)
  • Lagopus lagopus alba (n Canada)
  • Lagopus lagopus ungavus (ne Canada)
  • Lagopus lagopus alleni (Newfoundland. Canada.)

Foreign names

  • Lagopède des saules,
  • Lagópodo común,
  • lagopo-ruivo,
  • Moorschneehuhn,
  • sarki hófajd,
  • Moerassneeuwhoen,
  • Pernice bianca nordica,
  • dalripa,
  • Lirype,
  • snehuľa kapcavá,
  • bělokur rousný,
  • Dalrype,
  • riekko,
  • perdiu boreal,
  • Dalrjúpa,
  • pardwa mszarna,
  • baltirbe,
  • barjanski jereb,
  • Белая куропатка,
  • カラフトライチョウ,
  • 柳雷鸟,
  • 雷鳥〔柳雷鳥〕,

Voice song and cries

Lagopède des saules
adult plum. post breeding

Habitat

Lagopède des saules
♂ adult plum. breeding

Forest : Boreal ; Shrubland : Boreal ; Grassland : Tundra, Subarctic, Temperate

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

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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