• Synonyms Adak Ptarmigan, Reinhardt's Ptarmigan, Tundra Ptarmigan, Welch's Ptarmigan, Ptarmigan, Adak, Townsend's Ptarmigan, Rock Ptarmigan/Ptarmigan, Kellogg's Ptarmigan, Chamberlain's Ptarmigan, Evermann's Ptarmigan, Sanford's Ptarmigan, Dixon's Ptarmigan, Nelson's Ptarmigan, Turner's Ptarmigan
  • Old latin name for bird Lagopus alpinus, Lagopus rupestris, Lagopus mutus, Tetrao mutus, Tetrao rupestris

Rock Ptarmiganbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Song, © brickegickel
    Denmark
  • 2.
    Male, song, © Tero Linjama
    Finland
  • 3.
    Call, male, © MAHAMOUD ISSA Mathieu
    France
  • 4.
    Flight call, male, song, © Terje Kolaas
    Sweden
  • 5.
    Flight call, male, song, © Terje Kolaas
    Sweden
  • 6.
    Song, © Sven Normant
    Norway
  • 7.
    Call, song, © Michele Peron
    Germany
  • 8.
    Call, song, © Andrew Spencer
    United States
  • 9.
    Flight call, male, song, © Terje Kolaas
    Sweden
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Rock Ptarmigan

  • Breeding region Eurasia, North America
  • Breeding subregion n

Rock Ptarmigan subspecies (23)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Lagopus muta atkhensisTanaga I., Adak I. and Atka I. (wc Aleutian Is., USA)-No
Lagopus muta dixoniGlacier Bay Is. and se Alaska-No
Lagopus muta evermanniAttu I. (w Aleutian Is., USA)-No
Lagopus muta gerasimoviKaraginskiy Is. (Russia)-No
Lagopus muta helveticaAlps-No
Lagopus muta hyperboreaSvalbard (Norway) and Franz Josef Land (Russia)-No
Lagopus muta islandorumIceland-No
Lagopus muta japonicaHonshu (Japan)-No
Lagopus muta kurilensisKuril Is. (Russia)-No
Lagopus muta macrurosne Greenland-No
Lagopus muta millaisiScotland-No
Lagopus muta mutan Scandinavia to Kola Pen. (nw Russia)-No
Lagopus muta nadezdaes Siberia and n Mongolia-No
Lagopus muta nelsoniUnimak and Unalaska Is. (e Aleutian Is., USA) and s Alaska-No
Lagopus muta pleskein Siberia-No
Lagopus muta pyrenaicac, e Pyrenees (France and Spain)-No
Lagopus muta reinhardis Greenland-No
Lagopus muta ridgwayiCommander Is. (Russia)-No
Lagopus muta rupestrisn North America-No
Lagopus muta saturatanw Greenland-No
Lagopus muta townsendiKiska I., Amchitka, Little Sitkin and Rat Is. (w Aleutian Is., USA)-No
Lagopus muta welchiNewfoundland (Canada)-No
Lagopus muta yunaskensisYunaska I. (c Aleutian Is., USA)-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AbkhazianаҮӘырманџь аТундратә
Azerbaijanitundra kəkliyi
Bashkirтундра ағунаһы
BasqueLagopodo zuria, Lagopodo zuri, Perdiu blanca, Elur-eperra
BelarusianТу́ндравая пардва
BretonBrugyar-erc'hegi
BulgarianБяла яребица, Тундрова яребица
CatalanPerdice blanca, perdiu blanca
Chinese雪鸡, 岩雷鸟, [xue-ji], [yan lei-niao]
Chinese (Traditional)雪雞, 岩雷鳥
Chuvashтундра чăххи
CornishCoryar Alban
Croatianalpska snježnica
Czechbìlokur, bělokur horský, Belokur horský
DanishFjeldrype
DutchSneeuwhoen, Alpensneeuwhoen
EsperantoMonta lagopo, Monta galopo
Estonianlumepüü
FaroeseRýpa, Fjallarýpa
Finnishkiiruna
FrenchLagopède des Alpes, Lagopède alpin, Poule de neige, Lagopède des rochers
FrisianAlpensniehin
GalicianPerdiz das neves, Lagópodo cincento, Perdiu blanca, Lagópode alpino
GermanAlpenschneehuhn
GreekΒoυvόκoτα, Βουνολαγόποδας
Hebrewשכו-י צפון, שכווי שלג
Hungarianhavasi hófajd, Alpesi hófajd
IcelandicRjúpa, Fjallrjúpa
InuktitutAqisseq, Arqagik
IrishTarmachan
ItalianPernice bianca delle Alpi, Pernice bianca
Japaneseライチョウ
Kazakhтундра ақ кекілігі, тундралық шіл, Тунра аққұры, тундра кекілігі, тундралық аққұр, тундра шілі
Latvianklinšu teteris
LithuanianKalninė žvyrė, tundrinė žvyrė, Tundrinė kurapka
LuxembourgishAlpeschnéihong
MacedonianАлпска кокошка, алпска кокошка, Алпска (Снежна) кокошка
Malteseħaġla tal-muntanji
ManxGiallag ny beinney, Tarmaghan
MongolianЦэвдгийн ахууна, цагаан сүүлт ахууна, Цэвдгийн цагаан ятуу
Northern SamiGiron
NorwegianBlå-rjupa, Fjellskarv, fjellrype
Norwegian NynorskFjellrype
Polishpardwa górska
Portugueselagópode branco, lagópode-cinzento, Lagópode-branco, Lagopo-cinzento
RomanianIeruncă alpină
RomanshUrblauna
RussianКуропатка тундряная, Тундренная куропатка, Острохвостый тетерев, Tundryanaya Kuropatka, Тундровая куропатка, Тундряная куропатка
SerbianAlpska snežnica
Slovaksnehuľa horská
Slovenianbelka, snežni jereb
SpanishLagópodo Nival, Perdriz nival, Lagópodo Alpíno, Lagopodo Alpino, Lagópodo alpino, Perdiz nival
Swedishfjällripa
Tatarтундра көртлеге
TurkishТундра аққұры, Dağ Kar Tavuğu, Dağ Kartavuğu
Ukrainianкуріпка тундрова
Uzbekтундра каклиги
WelshGrugiar wen, Coriar yr albin