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Hunting White-tailed Ptarmigan Page
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White-Tailed Ptarmigan
Lagopus leucurus
Habitat: They occur in alpine tundra. Areas that are mostly snow free early in the season are used for breeding, and females with broods generally occur on rocky, wet tundra. Males generally winter above timberline in areas of short willow thickets, while females often winter at or below timberline in taller, denser willow thickets and along willow-dominated watercourses (Hoffman and Braun 1977).
Range in Colorado: Common summer resident above timberline. Birds are widely distributed across the alpine tundra during the summer, when it occurs only at or above timberline. Common local winter resident above treeline and in higher mountains below treeline. During fall and winter, they are very concentrated, and large areas may be unoccupied. Females may winter below timberline in higher mountains, and in areas of western Colorado where snowfall is heavy, both sexes move below timberline. There are records into the lower mountains in late fall and winter (C. Braun, personal communication). This species was successfully introduced onto Pikes Peak in 1975 (Hoffman and Giesen 1983).
Status: CDOW Small Game Bird
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