Lagopus muta

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Common Names

Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,925 meters (0 to 12,877 feet).[1]

Biology

Diet

Primarily:

Plant Matter

Lesser Quantities of: Insects

Reproduction

• Clutch Size: 5-10
• Length of Incubation : 21-24 days
• Days to Fledge : 10-12
• Number of Broods: 1

Migration

Nonmigratory

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Lagopus mutus (Montin, 1781)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 06-Aug-2005

Similar Species

Willow Ptarmigan, White-Tailed Ptarmigan

Members of the genus Lagopus

There are approximately 91 species in this genus:

L. albus · L. lagopus (Willow Ptarmigan) · L. lagopus alascensis (Willow Ptarmigan) · L. lagopus alba · L. lagopus albus (Willow Ptarmigan) · L. lagopus alexandrae (Willow Ptarmigan) · L. lagopus alleni (Willow Ptarmigan) · L. lagopus brevirostris · L. lagopus hibernicus · L. lagopus koreni (Willow Ptarmigan) · L. lagopus kozlowae · L. lagopus lagopus (Willow Ptarmigan) · L. lagopus leucoptera · L. lagopus leucopterus (Willow Ptarmigan) · L. lagopus maior (Willow Ptarmigan) · L. lagopus major · L. lagopus muriei (Murie's Willow Ptarmigan) · L. lagopus mutus · L. lagopus okadai · L. lagopus rossica · L. lagopus rossicus · L. lagopus scotica (Willow Ptarmigan) · L. lagopus scoticus · L. lagopus sserebrowsky · L. lagopus ssp · L. lagopus ungavus (Willow Ptarmigan) · L. lagopus variegata · L. lagopus x · L. leucura (White-Tailed Ptarmigan) · L. leucura altipetens · L. leucura leucura · L. leucura peninsularis · L. leucura rainierensis · L. leucura saxatilis · L. leucurus · L. leucurus altipetens (White-Tailed Ptarmigan) · L. leucurus leucurus (Rocky Mountain Snow Partridge) · L. leucurus peninsularis (White-Tailed Ptarmigan) · L. leucurus rainierensis (White-Tailed Ptarmigan) · L. leucurus saxatilis (White-Tailed Ptarmigan) · L. muta (Rock Ptarmigan) · L. muta atkhensis (Turners Rock Ptarmigan) · L. muta capta · L. muta chamberlaini (Chamberlain's Rock Ptarmigan) · L. muta dixoni · L. muta evermanni (Evermann's Rock Ptarmigan) · L. muta gabrielsoni (Amchitka Rock Ptarmigan) · L. muta gerasimovi · L. muta helvetica · L. muta hyperborea · L. muta islandorum · L. muta japonica · L. muta kurilensis · L. muta millaisi · L. muta muta · L. muta nadezdae · L. muta nelsoni · L. muta pleskei · L. muta pyrenaica · L. muta ridgwayi · L. muta rupestris · L. muta sanfordi (Sanford's Rock Ptarmigan) · L. muta saturata · L. muta townsendi (Townsend's Rock Ptarmigan) · L. muta welchi · L. muta yunaskensis (Yunaska Rock Ptarmigan) · L. mutus · L. mutus atkhensis (Rock Ptarmigan) · L. mutus captus (Rock Ptarmigan) · L. mutus chamberlaini (Rock Ptarmigan) · L. mutus dixoni (Rock Ptarmigan) · L. mutus evermanni (Rock Ptarmigan) · L. mutus gabrielsoni (Rock Ptarmigan) · L. mutus helveticus · L. mutus hyperboreus · L. mutus islandorum · L. mutus japonicus · L. mutus kelloggae · L. mutus millaisi · L. mutus mutus · L. mutus nelsoni (Rock Ptarmigan) · L. mutus pyrenaicus · L. mutus rupestris (Rock Ptarmigan) · L. mutus sanfordi (Rock Ptarmigan) · L. mutus saturatus (Rock Ptarmigan) · L. mutus townsendi (Rock Ptarmigan) · L. mutus welchi (Rock Ptarmigan) · L. mutus yunaskensis (Rock Ptarmigan) · L. rupestris · L. scoticus · L. scoticus scoticus

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Further Reading

• Alsop, Fred J. III. Birds of North America - Eastern Region. First American Edition. Smithsonian Handbooks. DK Publishing, Inc. 2001.
• Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 239.
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner 1987. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C., USA. 79.
• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 195, p. 343, p. 372.
• Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. ENG url p. 46.
• Dickinson, E. C., ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checlist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition. Princeton University Press. Princeton, New Jersey, USA. 1039. ISBN: 0-691-11701-2.
• Ehrlich, P., Dobkin, D., and Wheye, D. (1988). The Birders Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc. (info on clutch size, length of incubation, days to fledge and number of broods.)
• Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc. (Length and wingspan info.)

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2004. Lagopus muta. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• Hines, J. E., Gregory Gough, J. R. Sauer, et al. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
• NatureServe. 2003. Downloadable animal data sets. NatureServe Central Databases. Accessed February 6, 2005.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Sauer, J. R., J. E. Hines, and J. Fallon. 2005. The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966 - 2004. Version 2005.2. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
• Sauer, J. R., S. Schwartz, and B. Hoover. 1996. The Christmas Bird Count Home Page. Version 95.1. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: North West Territories and Nunavut Bird Checklist, Canada
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Royal British Columbia Museum
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
• EMAN Provider: PIROP (Shipboard Surveys)
• European Environment Agency: EUNIS
• Finnish Museum of Natural History: Hatikka Observation Data Gateway
• GBIF-Sweden: Bird Ringing Centre in Sweden (NRM)
• GBIF-Sweden: Birds (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
• inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• New Brunswick Museum: NBM birds
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Argyll Bird Club - Bird records for Argyll for the years 2002 and 2003
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1761592
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175813 ITS-677731
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13818842
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175826
• IUCN ID: 47082
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNLC10020
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 177961

Footnotes

1. Mean = 793.690 meters (2,603.970 feet), Standard Deviation = 314.950 based on 1,811 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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