Willow Grouse
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Willow Grouse

Lagopus lagopus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
Insufficient data
overall probability at Wood Buffalo National Park
1 Verified records at Wood Buffalo National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The willow ptarmigan ( TAR-mi-gən; Lagopus lagopus) is a bird in the grouse tribe Tetraonini of the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is also known as the willow grouse. The willow ptarmigan breeds in birch and other forests and moorlands in northern Europe, the tundra of Scandinavia, Siberia, Alaska, and Canada, in particular in the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec. It is the state bird of Alaska. In the summer, the birds are largely brown, with dappled plumage, while in the winter, they are white with some black feathers in their tails. The species has remained little changed from the bird that roamed the tundra during the Pleistocene. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Wood Buffalo National Park

Ruffed Grouse
LC Endemic

Ruffed Grouse

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Bonasa umbellus

20–30% · Possible
American Spruce Grouse
LC

American Spruce Grouse

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Canachites canadensis

20–30% · Possible
Sharp-tailed Grouse
LC Endemic

Sharp-tailed Grouse

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tympanuchus phasianellus

10–20% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Willow Grouse at Wood Buffalo National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Denali National Park 🇺🇸 United States
30–40%
2 Gates of the Arctic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
3 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
10–20%
4 Nahanni National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
10–20%
5 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
5–10%
6 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
7 Point Pelee National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
8 Gros Morne National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
9 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
10 Wood Buffalo National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
11 Kluane National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
12 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Insufficient data
13 Kenai Fjords National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
14 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
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