Species factsheet

Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)

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

Danish name: Dalrype

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Subspecies and Distribution

scotica

Britain, Ireland

variegata

islets off w Norway

lagopus

Scandinavia, n Russia

rossica

Baltic countries to c Russia

koreni

Siberia to Kamchatka Pen.

maior

n Kazakhstan, sw Siberia

brevirostris

w Himalayas to s Siberia and w Mongolia

kozlowae

n Mongolia, s Siberia

sserebrowsky

ne Mongolia to se Siberia and ne China

okadai

Sakhalin I. (Russia)

alascensis

Alaska (USA)

muriei

Aleutian Is, Kodiak I. (USA)

alexandrae

se Alaska islands (USA), nw British Columbia (Canada)

leucoptera

northern-most Canada and its arctic islands

alba

n Canada

ungavus

ne Canada

alleni

Newfoundland (Canada)

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