Wildlife in Italy: Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus mutus
Systematic classification and distribution Class: Birds Order: Galliformes Family: Tetraonidae Genus: Lagopus Species: mutus It is a sedentary species that populates the arctic and subarctic zone of Eurasia and North America. There are also isolated populations in Scotland, the Pyrenees and the Alps, where it lives from 2000 to 3400 meters above sea level.