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Rock Ptarmigan (male breeding plumage)

Lagopus muta

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Field Notes

Description:

This male bird is tan, black and brown with an orange stripe above the eye.

Habitat:

Side of dirt road in Taiga forest at Denali National Park and Preserve

Reference Links:

Rock Ptarmigan, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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Comments (2)
The MnMs
The male could not be lacking! nice red eyebrow!

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PublishedAugust 3, 2013

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