Ptarmigans eat plant material, like seeds, and insects, so they are omnivores. Plant eaters are first order consumers and animal eaters, including insects, are secondary consumers.
if it eats then it's a consumer
Primary not secondary
No, it is a herbivore and therefore a primary consumer.
In the USA, there are three species: Rock Ptarmigan, Willow Ptarmigan, and White-tailed Ptarmigan.
Ptarmigan. (Pronounced as if the P was not there)
Yes the white tailed parmigiana are in the alpine tundra
Tar-mi-gan.
CONSUMER!
No, it is a herbivore and therefore a primary consumer.
A white tailed deer is a herbivore.
secondary consumer
primary consumers. producers make their own food.
The ptarmigan does use camouflage by moulting white, winter plumage to brown spring plumage.
Yes, they are. Also, they eat plant material, so they are herbivores.