Rock Ptarmigan (A) (Lagopus muta) | Start Date 0000-00-00 |
| Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status |
| 68:79 | 1996 | index | | | | | Rock Ptarmigan at Grand Marais | |
| 68:80-81 | 1996 | index | | | | | Some additional comments on the Rock Ptarmigan in Grand Marais | |
1 | 68:164 | 1996-05-20 | | Grand Marais | Cook | | | (potential first state record; The Loon 68:79-81); research, discussion and vote on captive vs. wild origin still pending. | Accepted |
| MOU | 1996-05-20 | | Grand Marais | Cook | | | The Loon 68:80 | Accepted |
| avian information | 1996-05-20 | | | Cook | | | 5/20 Cook (first state record) (first county record) First state record 5/20 Grand Marais, Cook Co. KMH et al. (The Loon 68:79–81).
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2 | 95:115 | 2022-04-19 | | City of Wabasha | Wabasha | | | (record #2022-011, vote 7-0). First county and second state record. A consensus vote was taken on whether to consider origin (6-4 to not consider a formal vote on origin). The origin vote is in keeping with the precedent of the first state record which considered the bird wild. The first state record was recorded in Grand Marais in 1996 (The Loon 68:165). Apparently, these two records represent the only known vagrants in the “Lower 48” states. | Accepted |
| avian information | 2022-04-19 | | | Wabasha | | | 4/19 Wabasha (second state record) (first county record) Second state record 4/19 Wabasha (male in winter plumage found in the city of Wabasha) ph. †fide KRE; the records committee is still debating the provenance of this bird.
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  | Two spring records (1996, 2022). |