Tag: lagopus lagopus scotica
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Should the Red Grouse be split from Willow Ptarmigan?
There’s some part of me that couldn’t help but get a bit patriotic when the IOC announced that the Red Grouse (Lagopus (lagopus) scotica) would be split from the Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus). On face value, it seemed an obvious choice, with large moult and plumage differences between the two putative species. The sources used…