Rock Ptarmigan bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsWelch's Ptarmigan, Ptarmigan, Adak, Rock Ptarmigan/Ptarmigan, Kellogg's Ptarmigan, Chamberlain's Ptarmigan, Evermann's Ptarmigan, Sanford's Ptarmigan, Dixon's Ptarmigan, Adak Ptarmigan, Turner's Ptarmigan, Reinhardt's Ptarmigan, Tundra Ptarmigan, Nelson's Ptarmigan, Townsend's Ptarmigan
Old latin name for birdLagopus rupestris, Tetrao rupestris, Tetrao mutus, Lagopus alpinus, Lagopus mutus
OrderСhickens and relatives / Galliformes
FamilyPheasants & Allies / Phasianidae
GenusLagopus
Breeding regionEurasia, North America
Breeding subregionn

Rock Ptarmigan bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, male, © MAHAMOUD ISSA Mathieu
    France
  • 2.
    Male, song, © Tero Linjama
    Finland
  • 3.
    Flight call, male, song, © Terje Kolaas
    Sweden
  • 4.
    Flight call, male, song, © Terje Kolaas
    Sweden
  • 5.
    Flight call, male, song, © Terje Kolaas
    Sweden
  • 6.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    United States
  • 7.
    Call, song, © Michele Peron
    Germany
  • 8.
    Call, song, © Andrew Spencer
    United States
  • 9.
    Song, © Bernard BOUSQUET
    United Kingdom
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Rock Ptarmigan

Rock Ptarmigan subspecies (23)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Lagopus muta atkhensisTanaga I., Adak I. and Atka I. (wc Aleutian Is., USA)-No
Lagopus muta dixoniGlacier Bay Is. and se Alaska-No
Lagopus muta evermanniAttu I. (w Aleutian Is., USA)-No
Lagopus muta gerasimoviKaraginskiy Is. (Russia)-No
Lagopus muta helveticaAlps-No
Lagopus muta hyperboreaSvalbard (Norway) and Franz Josef Land (Russia)-No
Lagopus muta islandorumIceland-No
Lagopus muta japonicaHonshu (Japan)-No
Lagopus muta kurilensisKuril Is. (Russia)-No
Lagopus muta macrurosne Greenland-No
Lagopus muta millaisiScotland-No
Lagopus muta mutan Scandinavia to Kola Pen. (nw Russia)-No
Lagopus muta nadezdaes Siberia and n Mongolia-No
Lagopus muta nelsoniUnimak and Unalaska Is. (e Aleutian Is., USA) and s Alaska-No
Lagopus muta pleskein Siberia-No
Lagopus muta pyrenaicac, e Pyrenees (France and Spain)-No
Lagopus muta reinhardis Greenland-No
Lagopus muta ridgwayiCommander Is. (Russia)-No
Lagopus muta rupestrisn North America-No
Lagopus muta saturatanw Greenland-No
Lagopus muta townsendiKiska I., Amchitka, Little Sitkin and Rat Is. (w Aleutian Is., USA)-No
Lagopus muta welchiNewfoundland (Canada)-No
Lagopus muta yunaskensisYunaska I. (c Aleutian Is., USA)-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AbkhazianаҮӘырманџь аТундратә
Azerbaijanitundra kəkliyi
Bashkirтундра ағунаһы
BasquePerdiu blanca, Lagopodo zuri, Lagopodo zuria, Elur-eperra
BelarusianТу́ндравая пардва
BretonBrugyar-erc'hegi
BulgarianБяла яребица, Тундрова яребица
CatalanPerdice blanca, perdiu blanca
Chinese雪鸡, [xue-ji], 岩雷鸟, [yan lei-niao]
Chinese (Traditional)岩雷鳥, 雪雞
Chuvashтундра чăххи
CornishCoryar Alban
Croatianalpska snježnica
Czechbìlokur, Belokur horský, bělokur horský
DanishFjeldrype
DutchSneeuwhoen, Alpensneeuwhoen
EsperantoMonta lagopo, Monta galopo
Estonianlumepüü
FaroeseRýpa, Fjallarýpa
Finnishkiiruna
FrenchLagopède des Alpes, Lagopède des rochers, Lagopède alpin, Poule de neige
FrisianAlpensniehin
GalicianPerdiz das neves, Lagópodo cincento, Perdiu blanca, Lagópode alpino
GermanAlpenschneehuhn
GreekΒoυvόκoτα, Βουνολαγόποδας
Hebrewשכווי שלג, שכו-י צפון
HungarianAlpesi hófajd, havasi hófajd
IcelandicFjallrjúpa, Rjúpa
InuktitutArqagik, Aqisseq
IrishTarmachan
ItalianPernice bianca delle Alpi, Pernice bianca
Japaneseライチョウ
Kazakhтундралық шіл, Тунра аққұры, тундра ақ кекілігі, тундра шілі, тундра кекілігі, тундралық аққұр
Latvianklinšu teteris
Lithuaniantundrinė žvyrė, Kalninė žvyrė, Tundrinė kurapka
LuxembourgishAlpeschnéihong
Macedonianалпска кокошка, Алпска (Снежна) кокошка, Алпска кокошка
Malteseħaġla tal-muntanji
ManxGiallag ny beinney, Tarmaghan
MongolianЦэвдгийн цагаан ятуу, цагаан сүүлт ахууна, Цэвдгийн ахууна
Northern SamiGiron
NorwegianFjellskarv, fjellrype, Blå-rjupa, Fjellrype
Norwegian NynorskFjellrype
Polishpardwa górska
Portugueselagópode branco, lagopo-cinzento, lagópode-cinzento, lagopo-branco, Lagópode-branco
RomanianIeruncă alpină
RomanshUrblauna
RussianТундряная куропатка, Тундренная куропатка, Тундровая куропатка, Куропатка тундряная, Острохвостый тетерев, Tundryanaya Kuropatka
SerbianAlpska snežnica
Slovaksnehuľa horská
Sloveniansnežni jereb, belka
SpanishLagópodo Alpíno, Lagópodo alpino, Lagopodo Alpino, Perdiz nival, Lagópodo Nival, Perdriz nival
Swedishfjällripa
Tatarтундра көртлеге
TurkishТундра аққұры, Dağ Kartavuğu, Dağ Kar Tavuğu
Ukrainianкуріпка тундрова
Uzbekтундра каклиги
WelshCoriar yr albin, Grugiar wen