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What is the Arctic or subarctic grouse with white winter plumage otherwise called?
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∙ 14y ago
There are 3 species of ptarmigan, all change to white in winter in most populations, but not all.
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What is an arctic or subarctic grouse called?
Almost all grouse, ptarmigan and capercaille species fit that criteria. Want to be more specific?
What creature constantly changes to hide itself?
there is a bird called the ptarmigan which continuously changes its plumage to hide and camouflage itself. The ptarmigan is found usually in the places occurring in the Arctic Circle. To hide it from its main predator, the Arctic fox, it changes its plumage throughout the seasons. Its plumage will almost blend into a rock in the summer, when the ice would have melt, but in the winter, its plumage changes to a pure white. That's your answer.
A pingo is?
A pingo, also called a hydrolaccolith, is a mound of earth-covered ice found in the Arctic and subarctic that can reach up to 70 metres
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The feathers covering the body of a bird are typically called its plumage.
What is the cleaning and arranging of plumage called?
Preening
What are subarctic evergreen forest called?
Boreals
Where does an Arctic white fox live?
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What is a diving bird with black and White plumage called?
A 'Shag'
What is the climate called of the northernmost areas of Europe and Russia?
Subarctic.
What are body feathers of peacock called?
One of them is a plume. All of them together is plumage.
What are young Arctic wolves called?
Young arctic wolves are called pups.
What are areas north of the Arctic Circle called?
Parallel latitudes
