Species factsheet

Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)

Order: Lagopus muta
Family: Pheasants, Fowl & Allies (Phasianidae)

Danish name: Fjeldrype

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Subspecies and Distribution

muta

n Scandinavia to Kola Pen. (nw Russia)

millaisi

Scotland

helvetica

Alps

pyrenaica

c and e Pyrenees (France/Spain)

pleskei

n Siberia

nadezdae

s Siberia, n Mongolia

gerasimovi

ridgwayi

Commander Is. (Russia)

kurilensis

Kuril Is. (Russia)

japonica

Honshu (Japan)

evermanni

Attu I. (w Aleutian Is., USA)

townsendi

Kiska I. (w Aleutian Is.. USA)

gabrielsoni

Amchitka, Little Sitkin and Rat Is. (w Aleutian Is., USA)

sanfordi

Tanaga I. (wc Aleutian Is., USA)

chamberlaini

Adak I. (wc Aleutian Is., USA)

atkhensis

Atka I. (wc Aleutian Is., USA)

yunaskensis

Yunaska I. (c Aleutian Is.. USA)

nelsoni

Unimak and Unalaska Is. (e Aleutian Is. USA) and s Alaska

dixoni

Glacier Bay Is., se Alaska (USA)

rupestris

n North America, s Greenland

welchi

Newfoundland (Canada)

saturata

nw Greenland

capta

ne Greenland

hyperborea

Svalbard (Norway), Franz Josef Land (Russia)

islandorum

Iceland

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