Lagopus lagopus Linnaeus 1758 (willow ptarmigan)

Aves - Galliformes - Phasianidae

Alternative combination: Tetrao lagopus

Synonym: Lagopus medius Woldřich 1893

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Lagopus according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak 1998, Linnaeus 1758, Mlikovsky 2002, Rudenko 1960 and Zelenkov et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Lagopus atavus, Lagopus balcanicus, Lagopus leucura, Lagopus muta, Lagopus voinstvenskii

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Nunavut collections), Finland (9), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (8), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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