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Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus   [Linnaeus, 1758]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae
BTO Codes: LA , LAPBU EURING No: 18470
Number in Britain: 350 birds (Winter)
Conservation Status:
UK: GREEN
European: Not a species of concern
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Scarce Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor
Subspecies: lapponicus recorded in Britain (of 5 subsp. in the world)
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Length: 16 cm Wingspan: 26 cm Weight: M/F: 24 g    
Scientific name from: L.: calcaria=spurs and after Lappland (northern Scandinavia)
World Distribution: BREEDS: N Eurasia, n North America, WINTERS: south to c Europe, c Asia, s US
Habitat: Wet meadows, tundra scrub
Diet: Summer, invertebrates esp. flies (Diptera), otherwise seeds of grass and herbs
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Population and Distribution
Population Trend: No population trend available
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British Population Size:
    Winter: 200 to 500 individuals in 1981-84     Note: Best estimate
    First Record: 1826 [Fossil evidence from Devensian (last) glaciation, 10-120,000 yr ago]
    First Breeding Record: Scotland 1977
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
    No habitat data from BBS
European Population Size:
    Summer: 800 thousand to 2 million pairs
Population Assesment from Birds in Europe
Distribution in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of: WCA(I,IV), Bern(III)
Survey Results:
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Breeding and Survival
Egg Size: 21 x 15 mm Egg Weight: 2.5 g (of which 6 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records: 0
Clutch Size: 5 - 6 eggs
Incubation: 11 - 13 days by the: Female
Fledging: 9 - 10 days as: Altricial, downy
First Clutches Laid: Does not breed in Britain, or too few Nest Records
Number of Broods: 1

Number Ringed: 2
Adult Survival: No data Juvenile Survival: No data
Age at First Breeding: Typical Lifespan: No data
Maximum Recorded Age: 1yr9m
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Biometrics
Ring Size: A (pulli B)*
Wing Length Adult: Insufficient Data.
Juvenile: Insufficient Data.
Male: Insufficient Data
Female: Insufficient Data
Weight Adult: Insufficient Data.
Juvenile: Insufficient Data.
Male: Insufficient Data
Female: Insufficient Data
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Other Names
Lapland Longspur
Gaelic: Welsh: Bras y Gogledd
Danish: Laplandsværling Dutch: IJsgors
Finnish: Lapinsirkku French: Bruant lapon
German: Spornammer Hungarian: Sarkantyús sármány
Icelandic: Sportittlingur Irish: Gealóg Laplannach
Italian: Zigolo di Lapponia Norwegian: Lappspurv
Polish: Poswierka Portuguese: Escrevedeira de Lapónia
Spanish: Escribano lapón Swedish: Lappsparv
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See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
Wikipedia entry
State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead
Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
Selected scientific papers published 1980-2005
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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