What is a "ptarmigan"?

Question

What is a "ptarmigan"?

Answer 1

"The Ptarmigan, Lagopus muta[1], is a medium-sized (31-35 cm or 12-14 inches) gamebird in the grouse family. It is known as Rock Ptarmigan, or colloquially Snow Chicken in North America, where it is the official bird for the territory of Nunavut, Canada.[2] It is a widespread bird in the Arctic Cordillera."

Answer 2

Ptarmigan are small chicken-like birds which live year round in the arctic lands

Answer 3

A bird

Answer 4

Ptarmigans are small, chicken-like birds that live in the far North, there is also a town in Alaska called Ptarmigan