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Here's a cool gallery of fall ptarmigans, before they go white for the winter.

Cute Fall Ptarmigans

Cute! You mean they actually turn white? Are they also called "snowbirds"?

Lindaloo wrote:Cute! You mean they actually turn white? Are they also called "snowbirds"?

Yup. They molt based on seasons. They turn white in the winter, usually around October to April. They can be called snowbirds, but that's rare. Usually they are either called snow quail, snow chicken, mountain chicken, Arctic chicken, or Arctic quail.