Llagopus

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Lagopus lagopus

Linnaeus, 1758

Family: Phasianidae

Order: Galliformes

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Willow grouse

Moorschneehuhn

Lagopède des saules

Lagópodo común

CMS NL

Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL

CITES NL

(Europe: SPEC N threat status S)

Migration: partial

intracontinental

Lagopus lagopus

Sedentary in some places, e.g. in Scotland and Scandinavia, where only short range altitudinal movements occur. At least partially migratory elsewhere: in N Siberia may move 200-300 km in forested areas; in North America occasionally reachs latitude of N Minnesota and S Ontario. Date and magnitude of movements may depend on food shortages, perhaps linked with population cycles, and mass migrations have occured in some years. Females tend to move farther. Very limited daily movements.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: East Asia, Europe, North America, North Asia, West & Central Asia