Rock ptarmigan Lagopus mutus
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Length: 11 inches
Medium-sized, stocky, round-winged, chicken-like bird
Squarish black tail
Small black bill
Legs and toes feathered to tips of toes in winter, base of toes in summer ...
Rock Ptarmigan, Lagopus muta
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Where are they found? Asia, Europe, Greenland, North America ...
Rock Ptarmigan Behaviour
No observations regarding Rock Ptarmigan behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Rock Ptarmigans ...
Behavior Rock ptarmigan don't leave the tundra in winter, but they may migrate short distances to lowland areas in search of food. In the winter males and females live in separate groups.
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ROCK PTARMIGAN.
[Rock Ptarmigan (see also American Ptarmigan).]
LAGOPUS RUPESTRIS, Gmel.
[Lagopus mutus.] ...
Rock Ptarmigan meat is a popular part of festive meals in Icelandic cuisine. Hunting of Rock Ptarmigans was banned in Iceland in 2003 and 2004 due to its declining population.
The rock ptarmigan likes to hang out in thickets in the tundra, willows and heath in alpine areas.
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Rock Ptarmigan
Lagopus mutus (Montin)
Status One record. An adult in full winter plumage was taken at Elmsdale, Hants County, on 20 April 1922 by Malcolm Lucas (Piers 1927).
Rock ptarmigan,
Snow chicken
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Lagopus mutus - Rock Ptarmigan
Tetrao
Tetrao tetrix - Northern Black Grouse (photo)
Tetrao mlokosiewiczi - Caucasian Black Grouse
Tetrao urogallus - Capercaillie (photo)
Tetrao urogalloides - Black-billed Capercaillie ...
The tetraonids include the ptarmigans--the willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus, and the rock ptarmigan, L. mutus, in Arctic regions; and the white-tailed ptarmigan, L. leucurus, in the high Rockies.
At this time, they rely heavily on resident rock ptarmigans and snow buntings. Horned larks, Lapland longspurs, and water pipits are also important early in the breeding season.
Rock Ptarmigan, Lagopus muta
Black-billed Capercaillie, Tetrao parvirostris
Capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus
Black Grouse, Tetrao tetrix
Caucasian Grouse, Tetrao mlokosiewiczi
Hazel Grouse, Bonasa bonasia
Severtzov's Grouse, Bonasa sewerzowi ...
Even with a poor driver you can expect to see the big mammals. One special thrill was seeing a Grizzly Bear nursing 3 cubs very close to the road. From the bus I saw:Willow Ptarmigan and Rock Ptarmigan.
 See also: Ptarmigan, Grouse, Willow ptarmigan, Partridge, Pheasant
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