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Aqiggiq • Ptarmigan (Rock)

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Aqiggiq • Ptarmigan (Rock)

Aqiggiq • Ptarmigan (Rock)

The ptarmigan is the bird of Nunavut. The rock ptarmigan resides across the arctic and is hunted by the Inuit as a food source.

Main Photo Credit: Ptarmigan by Jan Frode Haugseth, 2010. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_ptarmigan#/media/File:Rock_Ptarmigan_(Lagopus_Muta).jpg. Licenced with CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0.
Second photo credit: Rock Ptarmigan - Non-breeding Adult by Brian Long, 2014. https://inaturalist.ca/observations/83580996. Licenced with CC BY-NC 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/.