Burung buruan (Game Birds)
Willow Ptarmigan
Lagopus lagopus
- epik
- 70 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Turns pure white in winter, brown in summer. Feathered feet act as snowshoes.
- Populasi
- ~40 million individuals (global)
- Habitat
- Subarctic and subalpine tundra, moorland, and heath, plus thickets of willow, birch, and alder scrub, sparse pine/birch forest, and arctic valleys/marshy tundra; year-round resident of harsh boreal/tundra climates (elevation range roughly 600-1,980 m where mountainous)
- Fakta menarik
- The Willow Ptarmigan is the only grouse species in the world in which the male regularly helps raise the chicks, with pairs sometimes staying together for up to seven months.
- Sebaran
- Circumboreal — Alaska and northern Canada, Greenland, Scandinavia, and across Siberia/northern Russia and northern Mongolia; also occurs (as the Red Grouse subspecies) in Great Britain and Ireland
- Makanan
- Omnivorous but predominantly herbivorous: leaves, flowers, buds, seeds, and berries in summer (plus insects, caterpillars, and beetles, especially for chicks), switching to ~94% willow/birch buds and twigs in winter
- Ukuran
- 0,39 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,62 m
- Masa hidup
- 2 tahun
