Rock Ptarmigan / Lagopus muta LC
- 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
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Where to see Rock Ptarmigan
- Breeding region Eurasia, North America
- Breeding subregion n
Rock Ptarmigan subspecies (23)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lagopus muta atkhensis | Tanaga I., Adak I. and Atka I. (wc Aleutian Is., USA) | - | No |
| Lagopus muta dixoni | Glacier Bay Is. and se Alaska | - | No |
| Lagopus muta evermanni | Attu I. (w Aleutian Is., USA) | - | No |
| Lagopus muta gerasimovi | Karaginskiy Is. (Russia) | - | No |
| Lagopus muta helvetica | Alps | - | No |
| Lagopus muta hyperborea | Svalbard (Norway) and Franz Josef Land (Russia) | - | No |
| Lagopus muta islandorum | Iceland | - | No |
| Lagopus muta japonica | Honshu (Japan) | - | No |
| Lagopus muta kurilensis | Kuril Is. (Russia) | - | No |
| Lagopus muta macruros | ne Greenland | - | No |
| Lagopus muta millaisi | Scotland | - | No |
| Lagopus muta muta | n Scandinavia to Kola Pen. (nw Russia) | - | No |
| Lagopus muta nadezdae | s Siberia and n Mongolia | - | No |
| Lagopus muta nelsoni | Unimak and Unalaska Is. (e Aleutian Is., USA) and s Alaska | - | No |
| Lagopus muta pleskei | n Siberia | - | No |
| Lagopus muta pyrenaica | c, e Pyrenees (France and Spain) | - | No |
| Lagopus muta reinhardi | s Greenland | - | No |
| Lagopus muta ridgwayi | Commander Is. (Russia) | - | No |
| Lagopus muta rupestris | n North America | - | No |
| Lagopus muta saturata | nw Greenland | - | No |
| Lagopus muta townsendi | Kiska I., Amchitka, Little Sitkin and Rat Is. (w Aleutian Is., USA) | - | No |
| Lagopus muta welchi | Newfoundland (Canada) | - | No |
| Lagopus muta yunaskensis | Yunaska I. (c Aleutian Is., USA) | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Abkhazian | аҮӘырманџь аТундратә |
| Azerbaijani | tundra kəkliyi |
| Bashkir | тундра ағунаһы |
| Basque | Lagopodo zuria, Lagopodo zuri, Perdiu blanca, Elur-eperra |
| Belarusian | Ту́ндравая пардва |
| Breton | Brugyar-erc'hegi |
| Bulgarian | Бяла яребица, Тундрова яребица |
| Catalan | Perdice blanca, perdiu blanca |
| Chinese | 雪鸡, 岩雷鸟, [xue-ji], [yan lei-niao] |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 雪雞, 岩雷鳥 |
| Chuvash | тундра чăххи |
| Cornish | Coryar Alban |
| Croatian | alpska snježnica |
| Czech | bìlokur, bělokur horský, Belokur horský |
| Danish | Fjeldrype |
| Dutch | Sneeuwhoen, Alpensneeuwhoen |
| Esperanto | Monta lagopo, Monta galopo |
| Estonian | lumepüü |
| Faroese | Rýpa, Fjallarýpa |
| Finnish | kiiruna |
| French | Lagopède des Alpes, Lagopède alpin, Poule de neige, Lagopède des rochers |
| Frisian | Alpensniehin |
| Galician | Perdiz das neves, Lagópodo cincento, Perdiu blanca, Lagópode alpino |
| German | Alpenschneehuhn |
| Greek | Βoυvόκoτα, Βουνολαγόποδας |
| Hebrew | שכו-י צפון, שכווי שלג |
| Hungarian | havasi hófajd, Alpesi hófajd |
| Icelandic | Rjúpa, Fjallrjúpa |
| Inuktitut | Aqisseq, Arqagik |
| Irish | Tarmachan |
| Italian | Pernice bianca delle Alpi, Pernice bianca |
| Japanese | ライチョウ |
| Kazakh | тундра ақ кекілігі, тундралық шіл, Тунра аққұры, тундра кекілігі, тундралық аққұр, тундра шілі |
| Latvian | klinšu teteris |
| Lithuanian | Kalninė žvyrė, tundrinė žvyrė, Tundrinė kurapka |
| Luxembourgish | Alpeschnéihong |
| Macedonian | Алпска кокошка, алпска кокошка, Алпска (Снежна) кокошка |
| Maltese | ħaġla tal-muntanji |
| Manx | Giallag ny beinney, Tarmaghan |
| Mongolian | Цэвдгийн ахууна, цагаан сүүлт ахууна, Цэвдгийн цагаан ятуу |
| Northern Sami | Giron |
| Norwegian | Blå-rjupa, Fjellskarv, fjellrype |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Fjellrype |
| Polish | pardwa górska |
| Portuguese | lagópode branco, lagópode-cinzento, Lagópode-branco, Lagopo-cinzento |
| Romanian | Ieruncă alpină |
| Romansh | Urblauna |
| Russian | Куропатка тундряная, Тундренная куропатка, Острохвостый тетерев, Tundryanaya Kuropatka, Тундровая куропатка, Тундряная куропатка |
| Serbian | Alpska snežnica |
| Slovak | snehuľa horská |
| Slovenian | belka, snežni jereb |
| Spanish | Lagópodo Nival, Perdriz nival, Lagópodo Alpíno, Lagopodo Alpino, Lagópodo alpino, Perdiz nival |
| Swedish | fjällripa |
| Tatar | тундра көртлеге |
| Turkish | Тундра аққұры, Dağ Kar Tavuğu, Dağ Kartavuğu |
| Ukrainian | куріпка тундрова |
| Uzbek | тундра каклиги |
| Welsh | Grugiar wen, Coriar yr albin |






















