From: Donald Mathis
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Willow Ptarmigan
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 07:32:43 -0500
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The willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) is a bird in the grouse subfamily Tetraoninae of the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is also known as the willow grouse and in Ireland and Britain, where it was previously believed to be a separate species, as the red grouse. It is a sedentary species, breeding in birch and other forests and moorlands in northern Europe, the tundra of Scandinavia, Siberia, Alaska and northern Canada.