Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus [Linnaeus, 1758] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Emberizidae |
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BTO Codes:
LA, LAPBU
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EURING No: 18470 | |
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Number in Britain:
350 birds (Winter)
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor
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Subspecies:
lapponicus recorded in Britain (of 5 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
16 cm
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Wingspan: 26 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 24 g
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Scientific name from:
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L.: calcaria=spurs and after Lappland (northern Scandinavia) |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: N Eurasia, n North America, WINTERS: south to c Europe, c Asia, s US |
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Habitat:
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Wet meadows, tundra scrub |
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Diet:
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Summer, invertebrates esp. flies (Diptera), otherwise seeds of grass and herbs |
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British Population Size:
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Winter:
200 to 500 individuals
in 1981-84
Note: Best estimate
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First Record:
1826
[Fossil evidence from
Devensian (last) glaciation, 10-120,000 yr ago]
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First Breeding Record:
Grampian Region 1977
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Conservation Status:
AMBER
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Small Non-breeding Population,
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Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
GREEN
1996-2001
GREEN
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Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
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European Population Size:
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Summer:
800 thousand to 2 million pairs
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Distribution in Europe
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Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WCA(I,IV), Bern(III)
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Breeding and Survival |
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Egg Size:
21 x 15 mm
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Egg Weight: 2.5 g (of which 6 % is shell) | ||
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Number of Nest Records:
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Clutch Size:
5 - 6 eggs
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Incubation:
11- 13 days
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Fledging:
9 - 10days
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Altricial, downy
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First Clutches Laid:
Does not breed in Britain, or too few Nest Records
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Number of Broods:
1
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Number Ringed:
2
(Annual Totals)
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Adult Survival:
No data
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Juvenile Survival:
No data
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Age at First Breeding:
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Typical Lifespan:
No data
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Maximum Recorded Age:
Too few birds ringed
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Summary of Ringing Recoveries
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Biometrics |
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Ring Size:
A (pulli B)*
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Other Names |
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| Lapland Longspur | |
| Gaelic: | Welsh: Bras y Gogledd |
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Danish:
Lapværling
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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 |
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Spanish:
Escribano lapón
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Swedish: Lappsparv |
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead
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