Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (38)
- Subspecies (30)
Robert Montgomerie and Karen Holder
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Lagñpodu alpñn |
| Basque | Elur-eperra |
| Bulgarian | Тундрова яребица |
| Catalan | perdiu blanca |
| Chinese (SIM) | 岩雷鸟 |
| Croatian | alpska snježnica |
| Czech | bělokur horský |
| Danish | Fjeldrype |
| Dutch | Alpensneeuwhoen |
| English | Rock Ptarmigan |
| English (United States) | Rock Ptarmigan |
| Faroese | Fjallarýpa |
| Finnish | kiiruna |
| French | Lagopède alpin |
| French (France) | Lagopède alpin |
| Galician | Lagópodo cincento |
| German | Alpenschneehuhn |
| Greek | Βουνολαγόποδας |
| Hebrew | שכווי שלג |
| Hungarian | Havasi hófajd |
| Icelandic | Rjúpa |
| Italian | Pernice bianca |
| Japanese | ライチョウ |
| Lithuanian | Tundrinė žvyrė |
| Mongolian | Цэвдгийн ахууна |
| Norwegian | fjellrype |
| Polish | pardwa górska |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Lagopo-cinzento |
| Romanian | Ieruncă alpină |
| Russian | Тундровая куропатка |
| Serbian | Alpska snežnica |
| Slovak | snehuľa horská |
| Slovenian | Belka |
| Spanish | Lagópodo Alpino |
| Spanish (Spain) | Lagópodo alpino |
| Swedish | fjällripa |
| Turkish | Dağ Kar Tavuğu |
| Ukrainian | Куріпка тундрова |
Lagopus muta (Montin, 1781)
PROTONYM:
Tetrao mutus
Montin, 1781. Physiographiska Sälskapets Handlingar 1, p.155.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LAGOPUS
- lagopus
- muta
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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