Ptarmigan

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Adult male willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus, in spring breeding plumage, northern Manitoba, Canada.

Rock Ptarmigan. Segelsallskapet Fiord. King Oskar Fiord. East Greenland.

Rock Ptarmigan high on a ledge above Recherchefjorden in summer. Svalbard

Rock Ptarmigan high on a ledge above Recherchefjorden in summer. Svalbard

Rock Ptarmigan high on a ledge above Recherchefjorden in summer. Svalbard

Rock Ptarmigan high on a ledge above Recherchefjorden in summer. Svalbard

Willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) foraging for willow buds and bog cranberries on the autumn tundra, Barrenlands, central NWT, Arctic canada

Willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) foraging for willow buds and bog cranberries on the autumn tundra, Barrenlands, central NWT, Arctic canada

Willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) male, foraging for willow buds and bog cranberries on the autumn tundra, Barrenlands, central NWT, Arctic canada

Willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) male, foraging for willow buds and bog cranberries on the autumn tundra, Barrenlands, central NWT, Arctic canada

Rock Ptarmigan pair. Segelsallskapet Fiord. King Oskar Fiord. East Greenland.

Molting male Svlabard Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus hyperboreus), Spitzbergen Island, Svalbard Archipelago, Arctic Norway. This males of this subspecies purposefully dirty their white plumage to make themselves less conspicuous

Ptarmigan, still partially white, Skjoldungen Island. SE Greenland

Two Ptarmigan, still partially white, Skjoldungen Island. SE Greenland

Photographers photograph a ptarmigan sitting on a glacial erratic in a landscape worn smooth by Glaciers. Blomstrand. Spitsbergen

Photographers photograph a ptarmigan sitting on a glacial erratic in a landscape worn smooth by Glaciers. Blomstrand. Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen

Adult male white-tailed ptarmigan, Lagopus leucurus, in late-spring plumage, northern Rocky Mountains, Alberta. Canada.

Adult male white-tailed ptarmigan, Lagopus leucurus, in late spring plumage, northern Rocky Mountains, Alberta

Adult male white-tiled ptarmigan, Lagopus leucurus, in late spring plumage, northern Rocky Mountains, Alberta

Adult white-tailed ptarmigan, Lagopus leucurus, in late summer plumage, northern Rocky Mountains, Alberta

Adult female willow ptarmigan, Lapogus lagopus, in summer plumage, Arctic Canada.

Adult female willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus, with newly hatched chicks, Arctic Canada.

Adult male willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus, in spring breeding plumage, Arctic Canada.

Adult willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus, in winter plumage, northern Manitoba, Canada.

Adult willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus, in winter plumage, northern Manitoba, Canada.

Adult willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus, feeeding on willow buds in early winter, northern Manitoba, Canada

Adult male willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus, in spring breeding plumage, Denali national Park, Alaska, USA

Adult male willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus, in spring mating plumage surveying his territory, Denali National Park, Alasak

Adult male willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus, in breeding plumage surveying its spring territory, Denali National Park, Alaska, USA

Adult male willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus, in breeding plumage surveying its spring territory, Denali National Park, Alaska, USA

Cryptically feathered female willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus, incubating a clutch of eggs, northern Manitoba, Canada

Cryptically feathered female willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus, incubating a clutch of eggs, northern Manitoba, Canada

Feathered foot of a willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus, northern Manitoba, Canada

Feathered foot of a willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus, northern Manitoba, Canada

Adult rock ptarmigan, Lagopus mutus, foraging on the winter tundra, Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Arctic Canada

Adult male rock ptarmigan, Lagopus mutus, foraging on the winter tundra, Northwest Territories, Arctic Canada

Adult male rock ptarmigan, Lagopus mutus, foraging on the winter tundra, Northwest Territories, Arctic Canada

Adult male rock ptarmigan, Lagopus mutus, surveying its territory from an elevated perch, Victoria Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada

Adult male willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus, in breeding plumage surveying its spring territory. Churchill Manitoba, Canada

Bryn Clark on the north face of Ptarmigan Peak. Chugach State Park, Alaska.

Selection of stuffed tundra animals on a taxidermy stand at the Sami Winter Market. Jokkmokk. Sweden. Size to A4

A Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) on the summer tundra. Northwest Territories. Canada. 1994

Rock Ptarmigan, Lagopus mutus, a cock bird in his winter white plumage. Northwest Greenland. 1980

A Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) on the summer tundra. Northwest Territories. Canada. 1994