White-tailed Ptarmigan

White-tailed Ptarmigan
	File:White-tailed Ptarmigan.png
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Superorder:	Galloanserae
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Subfamily:	Phasianinae
Tribe:	Tetraonini
Genus:	Lagopus
Species:	L. leucura
Binomial name
	Lagopus leucura; (Richardson, 1831)
	File:Lagopus leucura distribution map.png
	White-tailed Ptarmigan range
Synonyms
	Tetrao (Lagopus) leucurus Richardson, 1831; Lagopus leucurus (lapsus, see below);

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^ "Lagopus leucura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
^ BirdLife International and NatureServe (2014) Bird Species Distribution Maps of the World. 2012. Lagopus leucura. In: IUCN 2015. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. http://www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 10 July 2015.

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[IUCN-1] "Lagopus leucura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

[IUCN_map-2] BirdLife International and NatureServe (2014) Bird Species Distribution Maps of the World. 2012. Lagopus leucura. In: IUCN 2015. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. http://www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 10 July 2015.

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