Willow Grouse
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| Willow Grouse | |
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| Lagopus lagopus alascensis in autumn plumage, Lake Clark National Park | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Tetraonidae |
| Genus: | Lagopus |
| Species: | L. lagopus |
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| Lagopus lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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The willow grouse (Europe) or Willow Ptarmigan (North America), Lagopus lagopus, is a medium-sized gamebird in the grouse family. It is a sedentary species, breeding in birch and other forests and tundra across northern Eurasia, and in Alaska and northern Canada. It is the state bird of Alaska. During the last ice age, the species occurred in continental Europe (Tomek & Bocheński 2005).
