Rock Ptarmigan - Lagopus muta

Lagopède alpin

Rock Ptarmigan
This painting shows a Canadian race of an adult male Rock Ptarmigan in summer plumage, encountering an adult male Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus), also in full summer plumage, both being among the relatively few bird species who nest well above the Arctic Circle.
Copy forbidden without prior authorization. © Barry Kent Mackay

The species

Classification

Order  : Galliformes
Family : Phasianidae
Species : Rock Ptarmigan


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The picture

O.Net ref. : bkma75343
Author :

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Country : Canada (ca)
Region : Nunavut
Place : Ross Bay Ross Bay
Lat. : 66° 52' 47'' North
Lng. : 84° 59' 53'' West

Exif Data [+] [-]

Model : Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Exposure : 1/200 s
aperture : 11
Focal length : 28 mm
Iso : 100
Flash : no