Rock Ptarmigan - Lagopus muta

Lagopède alpin

Rock Ptarmigan male adult transition, identification
Ssp islandorum
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  • identification
  • ♂
  • adult
  • transition
  • Lagópodo alpino
  • lagopo-branco
  • Alpenschneehuhn
  • Lagopus muta
  • Galliformes

The species

Classification

Order  : Galliformes
Family : Phasianidae
Species : Rock Ptarmigan

Geographic range by countries


specie's pictures

by the author
all the pictures

The picture

O.Net ref. : stbe138782
Author :
Gender : ♂
Plumage : adult, transition

Shooting

date : 2011 Jun
Country : Iceland (ic)
Region : Southern Peninsula
Place : Gullbringusysla Gullbringusysla
Lat. : 64° 0' 11'' North
Lng. : 22° 14' 24'' West

Exif Data [+] [-]



Model : PENTAX K-5
Exposure : 1/1000 s

aperture : 6.3

Focal length : 600 mm

Iso : 800

Flash : no