Rock Ptarmigan
Lagopus muta - Lagopède alpin
Description identification
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,
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes