Lapland Longspur
Lapland Longspur: Medium sparrow-like bird, brown-streaked black back. Underparts are white, streaked black on sides, flanks. Crown, face, and throat are black; nape is red-brown. Broad white stripe from eye to sides of breast. Bill is yellow with dark tip. Tail is long, white edges.
● Song:
"tee-lee-oo", "tee-dle"
● Foraging & Feeding:
Lapland Longspur: Feeds on insects and spiders; also eats seeds; forages on the ground and in snow.
● Breeding & nesting:
Lapland Longspur: Four to seven pale to gray-green eggs with brown and black markings are laid in a ground depression lined with grass, lichens, moss, and rootlets. Incubation ranges from 10 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.
● Similar species:
Lapland Longspur: Smith's Longspur is buff overall and has small, white wing patches.
● Range & Habitat:
Lapland Longspur: Breeds from Aleutians, Alaska, and Arctic islands to northern Quebec. Winters regularly throughout northern states to California, Texas, and New York.; also in northern Eurasia. Nests on Arctic tundra; in migration stays on alpine meadows. Winters on farm fields, pastures, grasslands, and grassy coastal dunes.