Field Guide for Greenlandic Birds

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Smiths_Longspur/id

Scientific Name : Calcarius lapponicus

English: Lapland Longspur, Lapland Bunting

Danish : Lapværling

Greenlandic : Kowlegak, Narsarmiutaq

Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Calcariidae
Genus:
Calcarius

Length: 5.9-6.7 in (15-17 cm)

Weight: 0.7-1.1 oz (20-32 g)

Fun Facts: Due to the sun hardly setting during the summer, the Lapland Longspur can be heard singing at any hour of the day.

Karl-Birger Strann, XC401787. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/401787.

References:

Avibase World Bird Database (2018). Calcarius lapponicus. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=3534E4CEBACCB166

Hussell, David J. and Robert Montgomerie. 2002. Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Sibley, David Allen. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A Knopf, New York.

Map data from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/lapland-longspur-calcarius-lapponicus

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