Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Buntings, Sparrows, Seedeaters and Allies :: Lapland Longspur

Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Lapland Bunting
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, USA - Dec 28, 2004 © Clint Murray  Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, USA - Dec 27, 2004 © Clint Murray  Seward Peninsula, Alaska, USA - Jun 18, 2007 © Glen Tepke  Seward Peninsula, Alaska, USA - Jun 18, 2007 © Glen Tepke  Seward Peninsula, Alaska, USA - Jun 20, 2007 © Glen Tepke 
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Range

Circumpolar; Holarctic;
(1) Ne. Canada in n. Ontario, n. Quebec and Labrador, s. Greenland, and n. Scandinavia across n. Russia including Novaya Zemlya.
Winters in n. Europe, e. United States and n. Asia.
(2) E. Siberia including New. Siberian Is. and Wrangel Is. to Chokotski Peninsula s. to Anadyrland, Kamchatka, and Commander Is.
Winters in n. China.
(3) W. and n. Alaska s. to islands in the Bering Sea, Aleutians, sc. Alaska including Middleton Is., and w. Canada in n. Yukon, Banks Is., Prince Patrick Is., Melville Is., n. Ellesmere Is., n. Mackenzie, s. Keewatin, and ne. Manitoba.
Winters s. to w. United States.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Telpost Parnassia
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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