Talk:Ptarmigan

Food and Prey

What do they eat and what eats them? 63.26.77.146 (talk) 20:54, 2 November 2008 (UTC)Eric

Humans eat them! Haukur (talk) 11:17, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Would a link to English spelling be appropriate? (The irregular "pt-" spelling is mentioned as an example there.)

Would a note on the pronunciation of "ptarmigan" be appropriate?--Niels Ø 11:43, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)

See ITIS databas about the scientific name. Etxrge 3 July 2005 15:07 (UTC)

I've changed the Ptarmigan picture to what I believe to be a Ptarmigan. Previous picture showed Willow Ptarmigan/Willow Grouse. Edited article some to correspond to my references. pmeleski 5 Sept 2006

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

No consensus to move. Vegaswikian (talk) 02:58, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Ptarmigan → Ptarmigan (disambiguation) — The redirect to Lagopus should be restored (with a {{redirect}} hatnote at Lagopus) as the bird genus is by far the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. JaGa^talk 17:13, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

• Support, quite obvious. Powers ^T 18:07, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Yes, it will serve at least as well. Having recently created the page in its current form, I figure there's no need to wait as long as usual and tomorrow would be a good time in the absence of objections by then. Jim.henderson (talk) 19:46, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

• Oppose Please take a look at Ptarmigan again before you decide. I've learned a lot about the ptarmigan as I've fixed its dab links. There are also a dozen or so places with 'ptarmigan' in the name that have been added to the page. I've fixed 99% of the dab links to rock ptarmigan as it's the species usually referenced, but I think the encyclopedia would be served better if ptarmigan stayed a dab page. KrakatoaKatie 13:02, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Reproduction

This only discusses reproduction from the male point of view. I would like to see information about the female. How often does she lay? How long is gestation? How long does she care for the hatchlings? Do they form a family unit? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pmoad (talk • contribs) 14:56, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Capitalization?

Why is the name of the bird always capitalized in the article? Most birds, such as the sparrow do not have their names capitalized. --68.148.149.8 (talk) 00:18, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Bird species are always capitalised, groups of birds are not. So sparrow, the group of birds, is lower case, but House Sparrow, one of the many species, is capped Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:12, 11 October 2011 (UTC)