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Other related concepts

• Lagopus [muta x scotica] (hybrid)
• Lagopus muta x Tetrastes bonasia (hybrid)
• Lagopus muta x Lyrurus tetrix (hybrid)
• Lagopus muta x Phasianus colchicus (hybrid)
• Lagopus [lagopus x muta] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Abkhazian: аҮӘырманџь аТундратә
Asturian: Lagópodu alpín
Azerbaijani: tundra kəkliyi
Bashkir: тундра ағунаһы
Belarusian: Ту́ндравая пардва
Bulgarian: Бяла яребица, Тундрова яребица
Breton: Brugyar-erc'hegi
Catalan: Perdice blanca, Perdiu blanca
Czech: Belokur horský, Bělokur horský, bìlokur
Chuvash: тундра чăххи
Welsh: Coriar yr albin, Grugiar wen
Danish: Fjeldrype
German: Alpenschneehuhn
Greek: Βoυvόκoτα, Βουνολαγόποδας
English: Adak, Adak Ptarmigan, Chamberlain's Ptarmigan, Dixon's Ptarmigan, Evermann's Ptarmigan, Kellogg's Ptarmigan, Nelson's Ptarmigan, Ptarmigan, Reinhardt's Ptarmigan, Rock Ptarmigan, Rock Ptarmigan/Ptarmigan, Sanford's Ptarmigan, Townsend's Ptarmigan, Tundra Ptarmigan, Turner's Ptarmigan, Welch's Ptarmigan
English, HBW: Rock Ptarmigan
English (IOC): Rock Ptarmigan
English (United States): Rock Ptarmigan
Esperanto: Monta galopo, Monta lagopo
Spanish: Lagopodo Alpino, Lagópodo Alpino, Lagópodo Alpíno, Lagópodo Nival, Perdiz nival, Perdriz nival
Spanish (Spain): Lagópodo Alpino
Spanish (HBW): Lagópodo alpino
Inupiatun, North Alaskan: niqsaaqtuñiq
Estonian: lumepüü
Basque: Elur-eperra, Lagopodo zuri, Lagopodo zuria, Perdiu blanca
Finnish: Kiiruna
Faroese: Fjallarýpa, Rýpa
French: Lagopède alpin, Lagopède des Alpes, Lagopède des rochers, Poule de neige
Friulian: franculin blanc, pernîs blancje
Frisian: Alpensniehin
Irish: Tarmachan
Gaelic: Gealag bheinne, Tàrmachan
Galician: Lagópode alpino, Lagópodo cincento, Perdiu blanca, Perdiz das neves
Manx: Giallag ny beinney, Tarmaghan
Hebrew: שכווי שלג, שכו-י צפון
Croatian: Alpska snježnica
Hungarian: Alpesi hófajd, Havasi hófajd
Icelandic: Fjallrjúpa, Rjúpa
Italian: Pernice bianca, Pernice bianca delle Alpi
Inuktitut: Aqisseq, Arqagik
Japanese (romaji): Raicho, raichō, raichou
Japanese: ライチョウ
Japanese (Kanji): 雷鳥
Kara-Kalpak: тундра кеклиги
Kabardian: къуршадэжынэ
Mongolian, Halh: цагаан сүүлт ахууна
Khakas: Тасхыл кÿркÿзi
Kazakh: тундра ақ кекілігі, тундра кекілігі, тундра шілі, тундралық аққұр, тундралық шіл, Тунра аққұры
Kazakh (Transliteration): twndra aq-qurı
Greenlandic: Aqisseq, Aqisseq Rype
Cornish: Coryar Alban
Kirghiz: тундра чили
Scientific: Lagopus alpinus, Lagopus muta, Lagopus muta muta, Lagopus muta rupestris, Lagopus mutus, Lagopus rupestris, Tetrao mutus, Tetrao rupestris
Luxembourgish: Alpeschnéihong
Lithuanian: Kalninė žvyrė, Tundrinė kurapka, Tundrinė žvyrė
Latvian: klinšu teteris
Macedonian: Алпска (Снежна) кокошка, Алпска кокошка
Mongolian: цагаан сүүлт ахууна, Цэвдгийн ахууна, Цэвдгийн цагаан ятуу
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠴᠠᠪᠲᠠᠭ᠌ ᠦᠨ ᠠᠬᠣᠣᠨ᠎ᠠ
Mongolian (Buryat): Тундрын торхируу
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠲᠣᠨᠳ᠋ᠷ ᠦᠨ ᠲᠣᠷᠬᠢᠷᠠᠭᠣ
Mongolian (Transliteration): tsevdgiŋ akhuun, tsevdgiŋ tsag aaŋ yatuu, tundrin torkhiruu
Montagnais (Innu-aimun): amishkuapineu, kashkanatshish
Maltese: ħaġla tal-muntanji
Dutch: Alpensneeuwhoen, Sneeuwhoen
Norwegian Nynorsk: Fjellrype
Norwegian: Blå-rjupa, Fjellrype, Fjellskarv
Polish: pardwa górska
Pinyin: xuě-jī, yán léi-niǎo
Portuguese: Lagopo-cinzento, lagópode branco, Lagópode-branco
Portuguese (Portugal): Lagopo-cinzento, lagópode-cinzento
Romansh: Urblauna
Rhaeto-Romance: Urblauna
Romanian: Ieruncă alpină
Russian: Tundryanaya Kuropatka, Куропатка тундряная, Острохвостый тетерев, Тундренная куропатка, Тундровая куропатка, Тундряная куропатка
Yakut: туундара куруппааскыта, хара дьабадьы
Scots: Tarmachan
Northern Sami: Giron
Slovak: snehuľa horská
Slovenian: belka, snežni jereb
Serbian: Alpska snežnica
Swedish: Fjällripa
Turkish: Dağ kar tavuğu, Dağ Kartavuğu, Тундра аққұры
Tatar: тундра көртлеге
Tuvinian: Даш аганаа
Ukrainian: Куріпка тундрова
Uzbek: тундра каклиги
Chinese: [xue-ji], [yan lei-niao], 岩雷鸟, 雪鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 岩雷鳥, 雪雞