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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).
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).
The feces of the rock ptarmigan, which is harvested and used as the central ingredient in urumiit. Urumiit or uruniit (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐅᕈᓅᑦ, uruniit; Greenlandic: urumiit) is a term used by native Inuit in Greenland and the Canadian High Arctic to refer to the feces of the rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) and the willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus), which are considered a delicacy in ...
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The snowshoe-like foot of the willow ptarmigan is an adaptation for walking on snow. [1] Because avian forelimbs are wings, many forelimb functions are performed by the bill and hindlimbs. [10] It has been proposed that the hindlimbs are important in flight as accelerators when taking-off.
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...
Willow ptarmigan: Lagopus lagopus: 1955 [6] American Samoa: None, although the bald eagle displays on the flag. — — — Arizona: Cactus wren: Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus: 1931 [7] Arkansas: Northern mockingbird: Mimus polyglottos: 1929 [8] California: California quail: Callipepla californica: 1931 [9] Colorado: Lark bunting: Calamospiza ...
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