---
title: "Pardwa górska"
description: "Lagopus muta — Ptaki. The rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) is a medium-sized game bird in the grouse tribe."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/rock-ptarmigan
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pardwa górska

> Lagopus muta — Ptaki. The rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) is a medium-sized game bird in the grouse tribe.

- Scientific name: *Lagopus muta*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Góry), `arctic` (Arktyka)
- iNaturalist observations: 6582
- Wikidata: [Q205930](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205930)
- iNaturalist taxon: [949](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/949)

## Names

- en: Rock Ptarmigan
- de: Alpenschneehuhn
- es: Perdiz nival
- fr: Lagopède alpin
- it: Pernice bianca
- nl: Alpensneeuwhoen
- pt: Lagópode-branco
- pl: Pardwa górska

## Countries with the most observations

IS (1026), CA (460), RU (408), US (397), IT (377), NO (292), SJ (259), AT (243), FR (225), GB (224), JP (187), GL (153)

## Summary

The rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) is a medium-sized game bird in the grouse tribe. It is known simply as the ptarmigan in Europe. It is the official bird for the Canadian territory of Nunavut, where it is known as the aqiggiq (ᐊᕿᒡᒋᖅ), and the official game bird for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. In Japan, it is known as the raichō (雷鳥), which means "thunder bird"; it is the official bird of Gifu, Nagano, and Toyama Prefectures and is a protected species nationwide.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_ptarmigan

## Photo

![Pardwa górska](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rock-ptarmigan/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/176076375

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rock-ptarmigan?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).