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 LC    White-tailed Ptarmigan* Id (Atlas):
    Lagopus leucura

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Lagopus leucurus [BirdLife International (2004)], Lagopus leucurus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
White-tailed Ptarmigan, Snow Grouse

Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Size
31 - 34 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Richardson, 1831)

Range (Guide)
Canada, USA (B).

Population
Estimated population is 2,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (44)...)

 
White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus) [XC211218]
     by Davyd Betchkal from Backside Lake, Denali National Park, Alaska, United States (call, ground challenge)

 
White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura) [XC431762]
     by Logan McLeod from Yukon, Unorganized, Yukon, Yukon Territory, Canada (call, song)

Subspecies
Validity of subspecies questionable. All may be invalid.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

  • peninsularis Chapman, 1902   -  Mountains in Alaska, Yukon and Mackenzie, south to Kenai Peninsula and southern Yukon.
  • leucura (Richardson, 1831)   -  Northern Yukon, western Br. Columbia and western Alberta to northern border of US.
  • saxatilis Cowan, 1939   -  Vancouver I.
  • rainierensis Taylor, 1920   -  Cascade Range, Washington.
  • altipetens Osgood, 1901   -  Rocky Mts, from Montana to northern New Mexico.



References
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Files:
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