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title: "Lapland Longspur"
description: "Calcarius lapponicus — Birds. The Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus), also known as the Lapland bunting, is a passerine bird in the longspur family Calcariidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/lapland-longspur
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lapland Longspur

> Calcarius lapponicus — Birds. The Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus), also known as the Lapland bunting, is a passerine bird in the longspur family Calcariidae.

- Scientific name: *Calcarius lapponicus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `arctic` (Arctic)
- iNaturalist observations: 7761
- Wikidata: [Q208703](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208703)
- iNaturalist taxon: [116840](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/116840)

## Names

- en: Lapland Longspur
- de: Spornammer
- es: Escribano ártico
- fr: Plectrophane lapon
- nl: Ijsgors
- pt: Escrevedeira-da-lapónia
- pl: Poświerka zwyczajna

## Countries with the most observations

US (3381), CA (1879), RU (1078), GL (221), NO (125), CN (55), FR (53), DE (52), FI (51), GB (49), SE (43), MX (20)

## Summary

The Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus), also known as the Lapland bunting, is a passerine bird in the longspur family Calcariidae.  It is a circumpolar arctic breeder and the only member of the genus Calcarius present in Eurasia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapland_longspur

## Photo

![Lapland Longspur](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lapland-longspur/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105215450

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lapland-longspur?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).