Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Calcariidae (Longspurs, Snow Buntings)  
Genus: Calcarius (3 species)


Lapland Longspur
Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus alascensis) Male
Range: NA, PAL: n
Utqia?vik, Barrow, Alaska,  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Lapland Longspur
Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus alascensis) Female
Range: NA, PAL: n
Utqia?vik, Barrow, Alaska,  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Chestnut-collared Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus) Vulnerable
Range: NA: sc Canada and nc USA
Pawnee National Grasslands, Colorado, United States
  Non-breeding plumage.
   
Photograph by Tom Benson     Copyright and usage info

Chestnut-collared Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus) Vulnerable
Range: NA: sc Canada and nc USA
Arizona,
  Breeding plumage.
   
Photograph by Nigel Eggers   © All Rights Reserved.

Breeeding plumage is usually only seen in the arctic. Note black belly which fades away outside of breeding season.

Smith's Longspur
Smith's Longspur (Calcarius pictus) Male
Range: NA: n Alaska and Canada; se Alaska and w Canada
Churchill, Canada  
   
Photograph by Graham Montgomery   © All Rights Reserved.



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