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Rock Ptarmigan

Ecosystems: SUB-ALPINE / ALPINE

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Photographer: Joaquín Guerrero Campo Rock Ptarmigan environments

 

SCIENTIFIQUE NAME: Lagopus mutus

FAMILY: Tetraonidae

STATUS IN ARAGON: R Nr

BREEDING PROBABILITY: Breeding highly likely

BREEDING: Yes

LOCAL STATUS: Resident

ECOSYSTEM: Alpine

MONTHS: All

EXTINCTION RISK + CRITERIA: National Catalogue of Endagered Species: Vulnerable. Regional Catalogue of Endagered Species: Vulnerable

BIRDING ROUTES: 8a (Somport-Paso de Aspe), 8b (Canal Roya-Anayet)

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION: Grasslands and stony ground, and alpne and sub-alpine cliffs and crags