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title: "Poświerka preriowa"
description: "Rhynchophanes mccownii — Ptaki. The thick-billed longspur, also known as McCown's longspur (Rhynchophanes mccownii), is a small ground-feeding bird in the family Calcariidae, which also contains the other longspurs and snow buntings."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/thick-billed-longspur
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Poświerka preriowa

> Rhynchophanes mccownii — Ptaki. The thick-billed longspur, also known as McCown's longspur (Rhynchophanes mccownii), is a small ground-feeding bird in the family Calcariidae, which also contains the other longspurs and snow buntings.

- Scientific name: *Rhynchophanes mccownii*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 1017
- Wikidata: [Q263740](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263740)
- iNaturalist taxon: [117223](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/117223)

## Names

- en: Thick-billed Longspur
- de: Schwarzbrustspornammer
- es: Escribano de pico grueso
- fr: Plectrophane à ventre gris
- nl: McCowns ijsgors
- pl: Poświerka preriowa

## Countries with the most observations

US (775), CA (138), MX (11)

## Summary

The thick-billed longspur, also known as McCown's longspur (Rhynchophanes mccownii), is a small ground-feeding bird in the family Calcariidae, which also contains the other longspurs and snow buntings. It is found in North America and is the only species in the genus Rhynchophanes.

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

## Photo

![Poświerka preriowa](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/thick-billed-longspur/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua Smith · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253022729

## Machine access

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