Lapland Longspur

Lapland Longspur / Calcarius lapponicus

Lapland Longspur

Here the details of the Lapland Longspur named bird below:

SCI Name:  Calcarius lapponicus
Protonym:  Fringilla lapponica Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.180
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Calcariidae /
Taxonomy Code:  laplon
Type Locality:  Lapland.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

CALCARIUS
(Calcariidae; Ϯ Lapland Bunting C. lapponicus) L. calcaria  spurs  < calcar, calcaris  spur  < calx, calcis  heel; "d) Mit einem an den Kinnladen-Rändern merklich eingezogenen, scharf zugespitzten Schnabel, und einer langen geraden Hinterkralle.  Die Nahrung besteht aus Insekten, Saamen und Körnern. (Calcarius.)   † 14.  Lappländischer Fink (F. lapponica, Linn.)   ...   Anmerk. Durch den kleinen Zahn am Gaumen macht er den Uebergang zu den Ammern, und durch den Lerchensporn und Stellung das Bindegleid zwischen Lerchen und Finken.   ...   Linné, l. c. p. 900. N. 1.   Bechstein, N. G. D. IV. S. 489.   Pallas, Reise, II. S. 710. N. 20. Tab. E.   Donndorf a. a. O. S. 475. N. 1." (Bechstein 1802); "Calcarius Bechstein, 1802, Ornith. Taschenb. Deuts., 1, p. 130. Type, by monotypy, Fringilla lapponica Linnaeus." (Paynter in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 36).
Synon. Centhrophanes, Leptoplectron, Plectrophanes.

lapponica / lapponicum / lapponicus
Lapponia (= Lapland).
● ex “Fringilla major. Greater Bunting” of Albin 1738, and “Fringilla capite nigricante maculato: macula pone oculos alba” of Linnaeus 1746 (Calcarius).
● ex Tetrao lagopus Montin, 1781, and “Rehusak Grous ” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Lagopus lagopus).
● "77. SCOLOPAX.  ...  lapponica.  12. S. rostro subrecurvato, pedibusque nigris, pectore ferrugineo.  Recurvirostra pectore croceo. Fn. svec. 138.  Habitat in Lapponia. Rudbeck." (Linnaeus 1758) (Limosa).

SUBSPECIES

Lapland Longspur (alascensis)
SCI Name: Calcarius lapponicus alascensis
alascanus / alascensis
Alaska (formerly Russian America 1733-1867; Russian Alyaska  < Aleut alyeska  great land), USA.

Lapland Longspur (lapponicus)
SCI Name: Calcarius lapponicus lapponicus
lapponica / lapponicum / lapponicus
Lapponia (= Lapland).
● ex “Fringilla major. Greater Bunting” of Albin 1738, and “Fringilla capite nigricante maculato: macula pone oculos alba” of Linnaeus 1746 (Calcarius).
● ex Tetrao lagopus Montin, 1781, and “Rehusak Grous ” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Lagopus lagopus).
● "77. SCOLOPAX.  ...  lapponica.  12. S. rostro subrecurvato, pedibusque nigris, pectore ferrugineo.  Recurvirostra pectore croceo. Fn. svec. 138.  Habitat in Lapponia. Rudbeck." (Linnaeus 1758) (Limosa).

Lapland Longspur (coloratus)
SCI Name: Calcarius lapponicus coloratus
colorata / coloratus
L. coloratus  coloured (especially red-coloured, tanned)  < color, coloris  colour.
● “embrowned” (Bangs 1902); described from a specimen collected by W. Wood Brown, Jr., in 1889 (subsp. Premnoplex brunnescens).