🦋 Family

Calcariidae

5 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Passeriformes › Calcariidae

Plectrophenax nivalis, the snow bunting, is a cold-adapted Arctic passerine that migrates south to northern temperate zones for winter.

The Lapland longspur is a migratory ground-feeding bird with a diet that shifts from seeds to arthropods seasonally.

Calcarius pictus is a bird with distinct plumage traits, breeding in northern North America and wintering in the south-central U.S.

Calcarius ornatus is a small migratory prairie bird with distinct plumage variation, found across central North America.

Thick-billed longspur is a small bird with specific plumage traits and a reduced North American breeding range.

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