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Willow Ptarmigan

Lagopus lagopus ORDER: GALLIFORMES FAMILY: PHASIANIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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Willow Ptarmigan Photo

© Tim Gallagher / CLO

A typical bird of the arctic tundra, the Willow Ptarmigan is the largest and most numerous of the three ptarmigan species.

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Calls

  • Calls
    Recorded by Arthur A. Allen
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Clucking calls. Male in display makes odd, nasal barking notes and rattles.

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