White-tailed Ptarmigan Photo Gallery

Breeding male

Smaller, stocky grouse with a short bill and tail. Breeding males are mottled gray and brown with a white belly and a red eyebrow (not always visible).

Breeding female

Smaller, stocky grouse with a short bill and tail. Females are barred in brown and black with a yellowish wash.

Nonbreeding adult

Smaller, stocky grouse with a short bill. Males and females turn entirely while during the winter.

Molting adult

Smaller, stocky grouse with a short bill and tail. This individual is molting out of its breeding plumage into its winter white plumage.

Breeding male

Molting adult

Heavily mottled in brown, black, and white with an almost scaly-looking head.

Molting adult

Smaller, stocky grouse with a short bill and tail. This individual is molting from its all white winter plumage to its mottled breeding plumage.

Nonbreeding adult

Breeding male

Smaller, stocky grouse with a short bill and tail. Breeding males are mottled gray and brown with a white belly and a red eyebrow (not always visible).