Title

Rock Ptarmigan

Caption

Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta nelsoni) male, winter plumage, mating plumage, fluffed up up, distinctive red roses, standing erect, view to side, mountain tundra, snow behind, Wright Pass, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America

Date

May 23, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Gerhard Kraus

Reference

BRK22G68_410

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

128,3Mb (42,8Mb) / 27,3in x 18,2in / 8202 x 5468 (300dpi)

Keywords

Aves Bird Birds Canada Grouse Grouses Lagopus Lagopus muta Mating plumage Mountain tundra No People Northwest Territories Province Phasianidae Ptarmigan Ptarmigans Rock Ptarmigan Rock Ptarmigans Rosaceae Rose Roses Territoires du Nord-Ouest Tetraoninae Wildlife animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild behavior behaviour bird photography bloom blossom blossoms courting courting seasons courtship courtship behavior courtship behaviors courtship behaviour courtship display courtship season courtshiping deserted display display behaviour displaying empty erect erected fauna flowering fluff fluff up fluffed fluffed up fluffing habitat imponation imprinting in flower inflorescence inflorescences male males mating mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time natural environment natural environments natural habitat nature no one nobody overawing pass passes perform the courtship display plain dress plumage plumages red red coloured rutting season snow social behavior social behaviour social behaviours stand standing uninhabited upright upstanding wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography winter plumage winter time woo Canadian Galliformes North America galliforms gallinaceous birds gamebirds gamefowl landfowl plant plants tundra America