Which British member of the grouse family turns white as a winter camouflage?
Red grouse Famous Grouse whisky and an animated bird is a character in a series of its adverts. The red grouse is also the emblem of the journal "British Birds". The red grouse is differentiated from the willow ptarmigan and rock ptarmigan by its plumage being reddish brown, and not having a white winter plumage. The tail is black and the legs are white. There are white stripes on the underwing and red combs over the eye. Females are less reddish than the males and have less conspicuous combs. Young birds are duller and lack the red combs. Birds in Ireland are
Snow camouflage camouflage was not limited to paint: tracks left in the snow were to be obliterated, vehicles parked in cover, headlights covered with white fabric, shelters constructed, or else vehicles covered with white fabric, or dark fabric scattered with snow. Later in the 20th century, as disruptively patterned uniforms became widespread, winter variants of patterns such as "Flecktarn" were developed, the background colour (such as green) being replaced with white to form a "Schneetarn" (snow camouflage pattern). Aircraft deployed in winter have sometimes been snow camouflaged, as with Sepecat Jaguars on exercise in Norway. Snow camouflage is manufactured commercially for use