Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (38)
- Subspecies (19)
S. J. Hannon, P. K. Eason, and K. Martin
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Lagñpodu comñn |
| Bulgarian | Снежна яребица |
| Catalan | perdiu boreal |
| Chinese (SIM) | 柳雷鸟 |
| Croatian | sjeverna snježnica |
| Czech | bělokur rousný |
| Danish | Dalrype |
| Dutch | Moerassneeuwhoen |
| English | Willow Ptarmigan |
| English (UK) | Red Grouse/Willow Grouse |
| English (United Arab Emirates) | Willow Ptarmigan |
| English (United States) | Willow Ptarmigan |
| Faroese | Heiðarýpa |
| Finnish | riekko |
| French | Lagopède des saules |
| French (France) | Lagopède des saules |
| German | Moorschneehuhn |
| Greek | (Κοινός) Λαγόποδας |
| Hebrew | שכווי אירופי |
| Hungarian | Sarki hófajd |
| Icelandic | Dalrjúpa |
| Japanese | カラフトライチョウ |
| Latvian | Baltirbe |
| Lithuanian | Paprastoji/Škotinė žvyrė |
| Mongolian | Цагаан ахууна |
| Norwegian | lirype |
| Polish | pardwa mszarna |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Lagopo-ruivo |
| Romanian | Ieruncă de tundră |
| Russian | Белая куропатка |
| Serbian | Severna snežnica |
| Slovak | snehuľa kapcavá |
| Slovenian | Barjanski jereb |
| Spanish | Lagópodo Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Lagópodo común |
| Swedish | dalripa |
| Turkish | Kar Tavuğu |
| Ukrainian | Куріпка біла |
Lagopus lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Tetrao Lagopus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.159.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'in Europae alpinis,' restricted type locality, Swedish Lapland, apud Hartert.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LAGOPUS
- lagopus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Willow Ptarmigan
