Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) {!--사할린뇌조(---雷鳥),늪뇌조--> From: don@wildlife.net (Don)
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Willow Ptarmigan - WillowPtarmigan_10.JPG
Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 13:00:33 GMT
The willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) is a bird in the grouse subfamily Tetraoninae of the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is also known as the willow grouse and in Ireland and Britain, where it was previously believed to be a separate species, as the red grouse. It is a sedentary species, breeding in birch and other forests and moorlands in northern Europe, the tundra of Scandinavia, Siberia, Alaska and northern Canada.
