Smith's longspur
Smith's longspur | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Calcariidae |
Genus: | Calcarius |
Species: | C. pictus
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Binomial name | |
Calcarius pictus (Swainson, 1832)
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Smith's longspur (Calcarius pictus) is a bird from the family Calcariidae, which also contains the other species of longspurs. A bird of open habitats, it breeds in northern Canada and Alaska, and winters in the southern United States. Primarily a ground-feeding seed-eater, it supplements its diet with insects in the summer.
Description
These birds have short cone-shaped bills, streaked backs, and dark tails with white outer
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Distribution and habitat
This bird breeds in open grassy areas near the
Behavior
These birds nest in small colonies; males do not defend territory. The female lays three to five eggs in a grass
These birds
The song is a sweet warble that is inflected at the end, somewhat reminiscent of the chestnut-sided warbler. The call is a dry rattle, like a shortened version of the call of a female brown-headed cowbird, noticeably drier than that of Lapland longspur.
Audubon named this bird after his friend Gideon B. Smith.
References
- . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Briskie, James V. 1993. Smith’s Longspur (Calcarius pictus). In The Birds of North America, No. 34. (A. Poole, P. Stettenheim, and F. Gill, Eds.). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington, DC: The American Ornithologists’ Union.
- ^ a b "Smith's Longspur Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology". www.allaboutbirds.org. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
- ^ "Smith's Longspur - BirdFellow Social Field Guide". www.birdfellow.com. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
External links
- Photo gallery - VIREO