#National_birds_Alaska

Alaska

Willow ptarmigan
Scientific name: Lagopus lagopus
The willow ptarmigan, also known as the willow grouse and in Ireland and Britain. Males and females are about the same size, adult length between 35 and 44 cm (14 and 17 in). The weight is 430 to 810 grams (15 to 29 oz).

It a circum-boreal distribution. It is native to Canada and the United States, China, Mongolia, the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, the Czech Republic, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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