text: what does ptarmigan means?   a ptarmigan is a small bird that belongs to the grouse family.  conservation status: lower risk (lc)     scientific classification  kingdom: animalia   phylum: chordata   class: aves   order: galliformes   family: tetraonidae   genus: lagopus   species: l. muta     binomial name  lagopus muta (montin, 1781)