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The
Lapland Bunting, Calcarius lapponicus, is a passerine
bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated
by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.
It breeds across arctic Europe and Asia and in Canada
and the northernmost USA. In North America it is known
as the Lapland Longspur. It is migratory, wintering in
the Russian steppes, the southern USA, and coastal Denmark
and Great Britain. It breeds in wet areas with birch or
willow, and or bare mountains, and winters on cultivated
land or coasts. The bird is often seen close to the tree
line. The Lapland Bunting 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. |
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The
Lapland Bunting, Calcarius lapponicus, is a passerine
bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated
by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.
It breeds across arctic Europe and Asia and in Canada
and the northernmost USA. In North America it is known
as the Lapland Longspur. It is migratory, wintering in
the Russian steppes, the southern USA, and coastal Denmark
and Great Britain. It breeds in wet areas with birch or
willow, and or bare mountains, and winters on cultivated
land or coasts. The bird is often seen close to the tree
line. The Lapland Bunting 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. |
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