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Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus [Linnaeus, 1758]
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Trends & Distribution
Breeding & Survival
Biometrics
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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
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
No population trend available
Distribution:
New Atlas )
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
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WCA(I,IV), Bern(III)
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
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
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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Books and Monographs:
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See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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