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Willow Ptarmigan
Lagopus lagopus (Linnaeus, C 1758)
The willow ptarmigan is a bird in the grouse subfamily Tetraoninae of the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is also known as the willow grouse and in Ireland and Britain, where the subspecies L. l. scotica was previously considered to be a separate species, as the red grouse. It breeds in birch and other forests and moorlands in northern Europe, the tundra of Scandinavia, Siberia, Alaska and Canada, in particular in the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec. It is the state bird of Alaska. In the summer the birds are largely brown, with dappled plumage, but in the winter they are white with some black feathers in their tails. The species has remained little changed from the bird that roamed the tundra during the Pleistocene. Nesting takes place in the spring when clutches of four to ten eggs are laid in a scrape on the ground. The chicks are precocial and soon leave the nest. While they are young, both parents play a part in caring for them. The chicks eat insects and young plant growth while the adults are completely herbivorous, eating leaves, flowers, buds, seeds and berries during the summer and largely subsisting on the buds and twigs of willow and other dwarf shrubs and trees during the winter. Source: Wikipedia
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Galliformes
Family:
Phasianidae
Genus:
Lagopus
Scientific:
Lagopus lagopus
Classification
Order:Galliformes
Family:
Phasianidae
Genus:
Lagopus
Scientific:
Lagopus lagopus
Original description
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10
1 p.159
Protonym:
Tetrao Lagopus
Type locality:
'in Europae alpinis,' restricted type locality, Swedish Lapland, apud Hartert.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/178/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
6CCEAF5D74B10547
Avibase ID:
avibase-6CCEAF5D
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/6CCEAF5D
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 175804
English:
Willow Ptarmigan
Afrikaans:
Wilgersneeuhoender
Azerbaijani:
Müşgül quşu
Bulgarian:
Снежна яребица
Catalan:
perdiu boreal
Czech:
bělokur rousný
Danish:
Dalrype
German:
Moorschneehuhn
Greek:
(Κοινός) Λαγόποδας
Esperanto:
ordinara lagopodo
Spanish:
Lagópodo común
Spanish (Spain):
Lagópodo común
Estonian:
Rabapüü
Basque:
Lagopodo eskandinaviarra
Finnish:
riekko
French:
Lagopède des saules
Hebrew:
שכווי אירופי
Croatian:
Sjeverna snježnica
Hungarian:
sarki hófajd
Icelandic:
Dalrjúpa
Italian:
Pernice bianca nordica
Japanese (romaji):
karafutoraichou
Japanese:
カラフトライチョウ
Lithuanian:
Žvyrė
Latvian:
baltirbe
Dutch:
Moerassneeuwhoen
Norwegian:
lirype
Polish:
pardwa mszarna
Portuguese:
Lagópode-cinzento
Portuguese (Portugal):
lagópode-ruivo
Romanian:
Ieruncă de tundră
Russian:
Белая куропатка
Slovak:
snehuľa kapcavá
Slovenian:
barjanski jereb
Serbian:
Severna snežnica
Swedish:
dalripa
Turkish:
Kar Tavuğu
Ukrainian:
куріпка біла
Chinese:
柳雷鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
柳雷鳥
Willow Ptarmigan
Afrikaans:
Wilgersneeuhoender
Azerbaijani:
Müşgül quşu
Bulgarian:
Снежна яребица
Catalan:
perdiu boreal
Czech:
bělokur rousný
Danish:
Dalrype
German:
Moorschneehuhn
Greek:
(Κοινός) Λαγόποδας
Esperanto:
ordinara lagopodo
Spanish:
Lagópodo común
Spanish (Spain):
Lagópodo común
Estonian:
Rabapüü
Basque:
Lagopodo eskandinaviarra
Finnish:
riekko
French:
Lagopède des saules
Hebrew:
שכווי אירופי
Croatian:
Sjeverna snježnica
Hungarian:
sarki hófajd
Icelandic:
Dalrjúpa
Italian:
Pernice bianca nordica
Japanese (romaji):
karafutoraichou
Japanese:
カラフトライチョウ
Lithuanian:
Žvyrė
Latvian:
baltirbe
Dutch:
Moerassneeuwhoen
Norwegian:
lirype
Polish:
pardwa mszarna
Portuguese:
Lagópode-cinzento
Portuguese (Portugal):
lagópode-ruivo
Romanian:
Ieruncă de tundră
Russian:
Белая куропатка
Slovak:
snehuľa kapcavá
Slovenian:
barjanski jereb
Serbian:
Severna snežnica
Swedish:
dalripa
Turkish:
Kar Tavuğu
Ukrainian:
куріпка біла
Chinese:
柳雷鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
柳雷鳥
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 66th suppl.): Willow Ptarmigan ( Lagopus lagopus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Willow Ptarmigan ( Lagopus lagopus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Willow Ptarmigan ( Lagopus lagopus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Willow Ptarmigan ( Lagopus lagopus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Willow Ptarmigan ( Lagopus lagopus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Willow Ptarmigan ( Lagopus lagopus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Willow Ptarmigan ( Lagopus lagopus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Willow Ptarmigan ( Lagopus lagopus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Willow Ptarmigan ( Lagopus lagopus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Willow Ptarmigan ( Lagopus lagopus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Willow Ptarmigan ( Lagopus lagopus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Willow Ptarmigan ( Lagopus lagopus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Willow Ptarmigan ( Lagopus lagopus) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Willow Ptarmigan ( Lagopus lagopus) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Lagopède des saules ( Lagopus lagopus) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Willow Ptarmigan ( Lagopus lagopus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Willow Ptarmigan ( Lagopus lagopus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Willow Ptarmiugan (Willow) ( Lagopus lagopus [lagopus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Willow Ptarmiugan (Willow) ( Lagopus lagopus [lagopus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Willow Ptarmigan (Willow) ( Lagopus lagopus [lagopus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Willow Ptarmigan (Willow) ( Lagopus lagopus [lagopus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Willow Ptarmigan (Willow) ( Lagopus lagopus [lagopus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Willow Ptarmigan (Willow) ( Lagopus lagopus [lagopus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Willow Ptarmigan (Willow) ( Lagopus lagopus [lagopus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Willow Ptarmigan (Willow) ( Lagopus lagopus [lagopus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Willow Ptarmigan (Willow) ( Lagopus lagopus [lagopus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Willow Ptarmigan (Willow) ( Lagopus lagopus [lagopus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Willow Ptarmigan (Willow) ( Lagopus lagopus [lagopus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Willow Ptarmigan (Willow) ( Lagopus lagopus [lagopus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Willow Ptarmigan (Willow) ( Lagopus lagopus [lagopus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Willow Ptarmigan (Willow) ( Lagopus lagopus [lagopus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Willow Ptarmigan ( Lagopus lagopus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Willow Ptarmigan ( Lagopus lagopus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Willow Ptarmigan ( Lagopus lagopus) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Lagopus lagopus [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Lagopus lagopus [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Lagopus lagopus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Lagopus [lagopus or scotica]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Abkhazian: аҮӘырманџь Шкәакәақәа
Altai: агуна
Araucanian: Jewjewkeñ
Mapundungun: Jewjewkeñ
Asturian: Lagópodu común [triba lagopus]
Azerbaijani: ağ kəklik, Müşgül quşu
Bashkir: ағуна, ағуналар, ағунаһы, аҡ ағуна , аҡ божор, аҡ ҡор, аҡ көртлөк, баҡбаҡ
Belarusian: Пардва
Bulgarian: Снежна яребица, Снежна яребица [Група lagopus]
[BXMX]: Сагаан торхируу
Catalan: Perdice d'Escandinàvia, perdiu boreal, Perdiu boreal [grup lagopus], Xoriguer
Valencian: Xoriguer
Cree: kicikânêsîs
Cree (syllabic): ᑭᒋᑳᓀᓰᐢ
Czech: Bělokur rousný, bělokur rousný [skupina lagopus], Bělokur tundrový
Chuvash: шурă чăх
Welsh: Coch y grug, Cochiad, Grugiar, Grugiar wen, Grugiar yr alban, Iâr goch
Danish: Dalrype, Darype, Almindelig [lagopus Gruppe]
German: Moorschneehuhn, Moorschneehuhn [lagopus-Gruppe]
Greek: Λαγόποδας [lagopus ομάδα], Λαγόποδας [lagopus]
Emiliano-romagnolo: Falchét
English: Lapland Willow Ptarmigan, Northern Willow Ptarmigan, Red grouse, White Partridge, Willow Grouse, Willow Ptarmigan, Willow Ptarmigan (Willow), Willow Ptarmiugan (Willow), Willow/Red Grouse
English (United Kingdom): Red Grouse/Willow Grouse, Willow Grouse (Arctic)
English, HBW: Willow Grouse (Willow)
English (IOC): Willow Ptarmigan (Willow)
English (UAE): Willow Ptarmigan (Willow)
English (United States): Willow Ptarmigan (Willow)
Esperanto: Lagopo , ordinara lagopodo
Spanish: Lagópodo, Lagópodo Común, Lagópodo Común (grupo lagopus)
Spanish (Spain): Lagópodo Común, Lagópodo común (grupo lagopus), Lagópodo Común [lagopus Group]
Spanish (HBW): Willow Ptarmigan (Willow)
Estonian: Rabapüü
Evenki: кавека̄н, кав-кав, кавкана-мӣ, хе̄лакӣ, хе̄лакӣтка̄н, хе̄ракӣ, э̄лакӣ
Finnish: Riekko, riekko [alalaji lagopus]
Faroese: Heiðarýpa
French: Lagopède des saules, Lagopède des saules (lagopus), Lagopède des saules (nominal), Lagopède des saules [lagopus]
Friulian: Falcuç di cjampanili
Irish: Cearc Fhraoigh, Coileach fhraoigh, coileach fraoigh
Gaelic: Cearc-Fhraoich
Galician: Lagarteiro, Peneireiro, Peneireiro común
Gujarati: નાનું બાજ પક્ષી
Manx: Kellagh ruy, Kiark freoaie
Hebrew: שכווי אירופי, שכווי אירופי (אירופי), שכו-י אברש אירופי
Hindi: श्येनक
Croatian: Sjeverna snježnica
[HSB]: Pustawa, Wěžowy sokoł
Hungarian: Sarki hófajd, Sarki hófajd [lagopus csoport]
Icelandic: Dalrjúpa, Dalrjúpa [lagopus hópur]
Italian: Gainèl, Pernice bianca nordica
Brescian: Gainèl
Japanese (romaji): karafuto raichō, karafutoraichou, Karafuto-raichou, karafutoraichou (lagopus guru-pu)
Japanese: カラフトライチョウ, カラフトライチョウ (lagopus グループ), カラフトライチョウ（lagopus グループ）
Japanese (Kanji): 樺太雷鳥
Georgian: კირკიტა
Kara-Kalpak: ақ кекилик, ақ кеклик
[KBD]: адэжынэхужь, шылэджэдхужь
Mongolian, Halh: канадын цэвдгийн ахууна
Khakas: Ах кÿркÿзi
Kazakh: ақ кекілік, ақ құр, ақ шіл, аққұр, Бөктергі, Ителгі
Kazakh (Transliteration): aq-qur
North Karelian: meččokana
Cornish: Culyek Meneth
Kirghiz: ак кур, ак чил
Scientific: Lagopus brachydactylus, Lagopus lagopus, Lagopus lagopus [lagopus Group], Lagopus lagopus lagopus, Lagopus Linnéi, Tetrao lagopus, Tetrao saliceti
Ladin: Filadressa
Lithuanian: Baltasis tetervinas, Paprastoji žvyrė, Poparza, Žvyre, Žvyrė
Latvian: Baltais rubenis, Baltirbe, Baltirbe (rossica), Purva teteris
Mongolian: канадын цэвдгийн ахууна, Цагаан ахууна, Цагаан ятуу
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠠᠬᠣᠣᠨᠠ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠰᠣᠢᠢᠷ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Сойр, Цагаан сойр, Цагаан ятуу
Mongolian (Transliteration): sagaan torkhiruu, soir, tsag aaŋ akhuun, tsag aaŋ yatuu, tsagaaŋ soir
Montagnais (Innu-aimun): innapineu
Marathi: लहान ससाण्याची जात
Maltese: ħaġla b’sidirha aħmar
Dutch: Moerassneeuwhoen, Moerassneeuwhoen (lagopus groep)
Norwegian: Dalrype, Lirype, lirype (lagopus gr.), Lirype (lagopus)
Occitan: Moisset ros
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): mečoi
Punjabi: ਛੋਟਾ ਬਾਜ
Polish: Pardwa, pardwa mszarna, pardwa mszarna (gr. lagopus), pardwa mszarna [gr. lagopus]
Pinyin: léi-niǎo, liǔ léi-niǎo
Portuguese: Lagópode, lagópode escocês, Lagópode-cinzento, Lagópode-escandinavo, Lagópode-escocês
Portuguese (Portugal): lagópode-ruivo, lagópode-ruivo [grupo lagopus], Lagopo-ruivo, Lagopo-ruivo [grupo lagopus]
[ROA]: Crivel
Russian: Белая куропатка, Белая куропатка [группа lagopus], Куропатка белая
Sanskrit: श्येनः
Yakut: куруппааскы, куруппааскылар, куруппааскыта, хабдьы, хабыйахаан, ыалыкы
Scots: Coileach fraoich, Coileach ruadh
Northern Sami: Rievssat
Slovak: snehuľa kapcavá, snehuľa kapcavá (skup.), snehuľa obyčajná
Slovenian: barjanski jereb, Barjanski jereb [lagopus], barjanski snežni jereb
Serbian: Severna snežnica, Severna snežnica [lagopus grupa]
Swedish: Dalripa, dalripa [gruppen lagopus], dalripa [lagopus Group]
Turkish: Kar Tavuğu, Kar tavuğu [lagopus grubu], Kartavuğu, Kartavuğu [lagopus Grubu], Аққұр
Tatar: ак көртлек , ак кыр тавыгы
Tuvinian: Аганак
Udmurt: сибирсяла, Сибыр сяла, тӧдьы сяла
Ukrainian: Біла куріпка, Куріпка біла , Куріпка біла [група lagopus]
Uzbek: оқ каклик, оқ куропатка
Kalmyk: цаһан йотун, цаһан яту
Chinese: [lei-niao], [liu lei-niao], [liu-ji], [suyi'er], 柳雷鸟, 柳雷鸟（广布）, 柳鸡, 苏衣尔, 雷鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 柳雷鳥, 柳雷鸟（广布）, 雷鳥
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