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[[Image:Lapland_Longspur.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by SveinB<br />Location: Norway]] | [[Image:Lapland_Longspur.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by SveinB<br />Location: Norway]] | ||
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− | Lapland | + | Also known as '''Lapland Bunting''' |
− | + | Thick yellow bill, black head and throat, white eyestripe, chestnut nape, white underparts, and a heavily streaked black-grey back. | |
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. | 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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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
− | + | Arctic [[Europe]], [[Asia]], [[Canada]] and the northernmost [[USA]]. | |
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
− | + | Wet areas with birch or willow, and or bare mountains, and winters on cultivated land or coasts. | |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
− | + | Diet includes insects when feeding young, and otherwise seeds. | |
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+ | The nest is on the ground. 2-4 eggs are laid. | ||
==Bird Song== | ==Bird Song== |
Revision as of 13:01, 8 October 2007
- Calcarius lapponicus
Identification
Also known as Lapland Bunting
Thick yellow bill, black head and throat, white eyestripe, chestnut nape, white underparts, and a heavily streaked black-grey back.
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.
Distribution
Arctic Europe, Asia, Canada and the northernmost USA.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Wet areas with birch or willow, and or bare mountains, and winters on cultivated land or coasts.
Behaviour
Diet includes insects when feeding young, and otherwise seeds.
The nest is on the ground. 2-4 eggs are laid.
Bird Song
<flashmp3>Calcarius lapponicus (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program