Introducing Red Grouse Scoticus (Lagopus Lagopus scotica )
Introducing Red Grouse
Scoticus(Lagopus Lagopus
scotica )
Evelyn Landing
Red grouse scoticus:
medium-sized bird
found in heather moorland in Great Britain and
Ireland
usually classified as a subspecies of the
Willow Ptarmigan but is sometimes considered
to be a separate species
moorfowl or moorbird
Description
plumage being reddish brown, and not having
a white winter plumage
tail is black and the legs are white
white stripes on the underwing
red combs over the eye