Lapland Longspur

Calcarius lapponicus - Bruant lapon Plectrophane lapon

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Calcariidés
Genus
:
Calcarius
Species
:
lapponicus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 17 cm
Wingspan
: 26 cm.
Weight
: 20 à 28 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) is a species of bird in the Calcariidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

Calcarius lapponicus lapponicus (n Europe and n Asia)
Calcarius lapponicus subcalcaratus (n Canada and Greenland)
Calcarius lapponicus kamtschaticus (ne Siberia)
Calcarius lapponicus alascensis (extreme e Siberia, Alaska and nw Canada)
Calcarius lapponicus coloratus (Commander Is.)

Foreign names

Bruant lapon,
Escribano lapón,
escrevedeira-da-lapónia,
Spornammer,
sarkantyús sármány,
IJsgors,
Zigolo della Lapponia,
lappsparv,
Lappspurv,
ostrohárka severská,
ostružka severní,
Lapværling,
lapinsirkku,
repicatalons de Lapònia,
Sportittlingur,
poświerka (zwyczajna),
Lapzemes stērste,
ostroglež,
Лапландский подорожник,
ツメナガホオジロ,
铁爪鹀,
鐵爪鵐,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Grassland : Tundra ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Intertidal : Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

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Sources of information

IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest