#1159 · 🐦 birds

Willow Ptarmigan

🇳🇱 Moerassneeuwhoen ·Lagopus lagopus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Игорь Двуреков · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Alexander Yakovlev · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Rachel Andres-Beck · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Данилова Валерия · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Woodbine Beach Dune Habitat, Toronto, ON, Canada:© brian stahls · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Lapland, Lapland, FI:© Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
7. Yellowknife, NT X0E, Canada:© Chris Fisher · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, QC, Canada:© Lily M · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. Anchorage, AK, USA:© Matt Muir · CC BY 4.0
10. Кольский р-н, Мурманская обл., Россия:© Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The willow ptarmigan (/ˈtɑːrmɪɡən/) ( Lagopus lagopus ) is a bird in the grouse subfamily Tetraoninae of the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is also known as the willow grouse and in Ireland and Britain, where it was previously believed to be a separate species, as the red grouse . It is a sedentary species, breeding in birch and other forests and moorlands in northern Europe, the tundra of Scandinavia, Siberia, Alaska and northern Canada, in particular in the province...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,439iNaturalist observations
weight 720 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,439 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 720 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).