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    (c) Ryan Shaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Ryan Shaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Paul Pratt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) David Tan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Денис Жбир, all rights reserved

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) pelagicgraf, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Rock Ptarmigan

Lagopus muta

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About

The rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) is a medium-sized gamebird in the grouse family. It is known simply as the ptarmigan in the UK and in Canada, where it is the official bird for the territory of Nunavut, Canada, and the official game bird for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and colloquially as the snow chicken in the United States. In Japan, it is known as the raichō (雷鳥), which means "thunder bird". It is...

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