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Chestnut-collared Longspur

Calcarius ornatus(Townsend, JK, 1837)

English (US) Chestnut-collared Longspur

The Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Calcariidae (Longspurs and Snow Buntings) in the order Passeriformes.

Range: breeds prairies of central North America; winters southwestern USA to northern MexicoRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Calcarius ornatus
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
English (US)
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Described by
(Townsend, JK, 1837)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Plectrophanes ornata
Described by
(Townsend, JK, 1837)
Type locality
prairies of Platte River [=near forks of Platte River, western Nebraska, fide Amer. Ornith. Union, 1931, Check-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 4, p. 362].
Original description
Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7 p.189

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 6 species of the family Calcariidae