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'''Alternative name: Lapland Bunting''' | '''Alternative name: Lapland Bunting''' | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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Arctic [[Europe]], [[Asia]], and [[North America]], breeding on tundra and wintering further south on coasts, steppes and open grassland, including stubble fields. | Arctic [[Europe]], [[Asia]], and [[North America]], breeding on tundra and wintering further south on coasts, steppes and open grassland, including stubble fields. | ||
Revision as of 00:21, 28 November 2014
Alternative name: Lapland Bunting
- Calcarius lapponicus
Identification
Length 15.6-17 cm, weight 23-35 g
- Thick yellow bill with dark tip
- Legs usually dark brown
- Black head and throat in summer male; orange-brown in female and winter male
- White eyestripe in summer male; buff in female and winter male
- Chestnut nape (duller in winter and juveniles)
- Greater coverts on wing chestnut with pale tips forming a chestnut panel and weak whitish wingbar
- White underparts
- Heavily streaked, brown-black-grey back
Distribution
Arctic Europe, Asia, and North America, breeding on tundra and wintering further south on coasts, steppes and open grassland, including stubble fields.
Taxonomy
Polytypic. Consists of three subspecies[1]:
- C. l. lapponicus - breeds northern Canada (except far northwest), northern Europe, northern Asia (except far northeast).
- C. l. coloratus - breeds far northeastern Asia (Kamchatka and nearby areas). Darker and slightly larger than nominate.
- C. l. alascensis - breeds northern and western Alaska, far northwestern Canada. Paler than nominate.
Habitat
Breeding
Wet areas with birch or willow, and or bare mountains.
Non-breeding
Open grassland or cultivated land or coasts; avoids shrubs and trees.
Behaviour
Diet
Includes insects when feeding young, and otherwise seeds.
Breeding
The nest is on the ground. 2-4 eggs are laid.
Vocalisation
The most common flight call is a hard prrrrt usually preceded by a more nasal teeww.
When breeding, it also makes a softer duyyeee followed by a pause and a triiiuuu; both sounds alternate.
<flashmp3>Calcarius lapponicus (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
References
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2011. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 16: Tanagers to New World Blackbirds. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553781
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Lapland Longspur. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Lapland_Longspur
External Links
The following link looks for Lapland Bunting
