Rock Ptarmigan - Lagopus muta
Lagopède alpin

This painting shows a Canadian race of an adult male Rock Ptarmigan in summer plumage, encountering an adult male Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus), also in full summer plumage, both being among the relatively few bird species who nest well above the Arctic Circle.

Gallery : © Barry Kent Mackay

Order  : Galliformes
Family : Phasianidae
Species : Rock Ptarmigan
Reference: bkma75343
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Exif data
Model : Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Exposure : 1/200 s
Aperture : 11
Focal : 28 mm
Iso : 100
Flash : no

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