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Willow Grouse
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Lagopus lagopus alascensis in autumn plumage, Lake Clark National Park
Conservation status
Scientific classification
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Genus:
Lagopus
Species:
L. lagopus
Binomial name
Lagopus lagopus
Subspecies

some 10-20 including

  • L. l. lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Scandinavian Willow Grouse
  • L. l. scoticus (Latham, 1787)
    Red Grouse
  • L. l. alascensis (Swarth, 1926)
    Alaskan Willow Ptarmigan
  • L. l. variegatus (Salomonsen, 1936)
    Trondheimsfjord Willow Grouse
Synonyms
  • Tetrao lagopus Linnaeus, 1758
Lagopède des saules MHNT
Lagopus lagopus lagopus

The willow grouse (Europe) or willow ptarmigan (North America) (Lagopus lagopus) is a medium-sized gamebird in the grouse family. It is a sedentary species, breeding in birch and other forests and tundra across northern Eurasia, and in Alaska and northern Canada. It is the state bird of Alaska. During the last ice age, the species occurred in continental Europe (Tomek & Bocheński 2005).

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