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

https://www.dkfindout.com/us/animals-and-nature/birds/snow-bunting/

Scientific:
Plectrophenax nivalis

Order:
Passeriformes
Family: Calcariidae
Genus:
Plectrophenax

Danish: Snespurv

Greenlandic: Kopenuak, Qupeloraarsuk

Length: 5.9 in (15 cm)

Weight: 1.1-1.6 oz (31-46 g)

Wingspan: 11.8 in (30 cm)

Fun Fact: Snow Buntings can be referred to as snowflakes, because the movements of snow bunting flocks in the air are similar to the nature of snow flurries. Additionally, the Snow Buntings in the arctic molt at such a fast speed, that during the time of transition the birds are not able to fly due to the lack of fully grown wing feathers. Snow Bu

ntings in Northern Greenland molt faster than their counterparts in Southern Greenland.

Stein Ø. Nilsen, XC373410. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/373410

References

Avibase The World Bird Database (2018) Plectrophenax nivalis. Retrieved at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=334ACDE6198F2606

Montgomerie, Robert and Bruce Lyon. 2011. Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis), 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.

Wild Screen Arkive. Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis). Retrieved at http://www.arkive.org/snow-bunting/plectrophenax-nivalis/.