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What the Lapland Longspur sounds like
ID tip
The Lapland longspur is a robust bird, with a thick yellow seed-eater's bill. The summer male has a black head and throat, white eyestripe, chestnut nape, white underparts, and a heavily streaked black-grey back. Other plumages have a plainer orange-brown head, a browner back and chestnut nape and wing panels. Measurements: Length: 5.9–6.3 in (15–16 cm) Weight: 0.8–1.2 oz (22.3–33.1 g) Wingspan: 8.7–11.4 in (22–29 cm) Voice: 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.
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When to see the Lapland Longspur
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is June, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Lapland Longspur
The map shades 44 countries with regular records, and 6 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Georgia, India, Cuba, Czechia, Romania, Faroe Islands.
About the Lapland Longspur
The Lapland longspur, also known as the Lapland bunting, is a passerine bird in the longspur family Calcariidae. It is a circumpolar arctic breeder and the only member of the genus Calcarius present in Eurasia.
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Easily confused with
Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcarius ornatusThese birds have a short conical bill, a streaked back and a white tail with a dark tip.
Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictusThese birds have short cone-shaped bills, streaked backs, and dark tails with white outer rectrices.
Side by side: Chestnut-collared Longspur vs Lapland Longspur · Lapland Longspur vs Smith's Longspur
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