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Animals +
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Chordates +
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Birds +
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Fowls +
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Grouse and Allies +
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Ptarmigans +
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Red Grouse -
- Lagopus lagopus subsp. alascensis Swarth, 1926 +
- Lagopus lagopus subsp. alba (Gmelin, 1789) +
- Lagopus lagopus subsp. alexandrae Grinnell, 1909 +
- Lagopus lagopus subsp. alleni Stejneger, 1884 +
- Lagopus lagopus subsp. brevirostris Hesse, 1912 +
- Lagopus lagopus subsp. koreni Thayer & Bangs, 1914 +
- Lagopus lagopus subsp. kozlowae Portenko, 1931 +
- Lagopus lagopus subsp. leucoptera Taverner, 1932 +
- Lagopus lagopus subsp. maior Lorenz, 1904 +
- Lagopus lagopus subsp. muriei Gabrielson & Lincoln, 1949 +
- Lagopus lagopus subsp. okadai Momiyama, 1928 +
- Lagopus lagopus subsp. rossica Serebrovski, 1926 +
- Lagopus lagopus subsp. sserebrowskii Domaniewski, 1933 +
- Lagopus lagopus subsp. ungavus Riley, 1911 +
- Lagopus lagopus subsp. variegata Salomonsen, 1936 +
- Red Grouse +
- Willow Ptarmigan +
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Red Grouse -
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Ptarmigans +
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Grouse and Allies +
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Fowls +
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Birds +
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Table Of Contents
- Description
- Biology
- Ecology and Distribution
- Distribution
- Habitat
- Conservation
- Trends and Threats
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- References and More Information
- Specialist Projects
- Common Names
Description
The red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus is the British race of the willow grouse (Lagopus l. lagopus), although it was once believed that the red grouse was a distinct species known as Lagopus scoticus, endemic to the British Isles. Red grouse are dumpy birds, predominantly rufous-red in colour with a low whirring flight punctuated with glides. Like all grouse, they have feathered legs, feet and toes. The males have red eyebrow wattles that are not visible at a distance, and are darker than those of the females. The call is very distinctive and consists of a series of guttural barks, accelerating to a sort of deep trill, often ending with a sound resembling “go-back-go-back-go-back”.
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