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  2. Willow ptarmigan - Wikipedia

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    The willow ptarmigan is a medium to large ground-dwelling bird and is the most numerous of the three species of ptarmigan.Males and females are about the same size, the adult length varying between 35 and 44 centimetres (14 and 17 in) with a wingspan ranging from 60 and 65 centimetres (24 and 26 in).

  3. List of birds of Alaska - Wikipedia

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    The willow ptarmigan is the state bird of Alaska. The list of birds of Alaska includes every wild bird species recorded in the U.S. state of Alaska, based on the list published by the Alaska Checklist Committee. As of January 2022, there were 534 species on the official list. Of them, 55 are considered rare, 149 are casual, and 79 are accidental, all as defined below. Another 18 and a species ...

  4. List of U.S. state birds - Wikipedia

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    Below is a list of U.S. state birds as designated by each state's, district's or territory's government. ... Alaska: Willow ptarmigan: Lagopus lagopus: 1955 [6]

  5. FarmVille Winter Wonderland Animals: Bear Cub & Willow Ptarmigan

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  6. List of birds of Kenai Fjords National Park - Wikipedia

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    This is a comprehensive listing of the bird species recorded in Kenai Fjords National Park, which is in the U.S. state of Alaska. Unless otherwise noted, this list is based on one published by the National Park Service (NPS) as of March 2018. [1]

  7. Airplane splattered with blood after propellers butcher flock ...

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    A small propeller plane struck a flock of birds upon takeoff in Alaska — leaving gruesome and bloody stains across the hull. Mark Schwantes, a big game hunter and commercial...

  8. Alaska-Australia flight could place bird in record books - AOL

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    A young bar-tailed godwit appears to have set a non-stop distance record for migratory birds by flying at least 13,560 kilometers (8,435 miles) from Alaska to the Australian state of Tasmania, a ...

  9. Lagopus - Wikipedia

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    The genus Lagopus was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) as the type species. [1] [2] The genus name Lagopus is derived from Ancient Greek lagos (λαγος), meaning "hare, rabbit", + pous (πους), "foot", in reference to the feathered feet and toes typical of this cold-adapted group (such as the snowshoe hare).