Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) breeding, Pyasina Delta, Great Arctic Reserve, Taymyr, Russia July 1991

The Rock Ptarmigan is a sedentary (non-migrating) species which breeds across arctic and subarctic Eurasia and North America (including Greenland) on rocky mountainsides and tundra. The Rock Ptarmigan is seasonally camouflaged; its feathers moult from white in winter to brown in spring or summer. It is one of the very few bird species, which is…

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    Peter Prokosch
  • Year:
    01/07/2013

Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) breeding, Pyasina Delta, Great Arctic Reserve, Taymyr, Russia July 1991

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