Calcarius lapponicus ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: CALCARIIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
© Andy Johnson
A common songbird of the Arctic tundra, the Lapland Longspur winters in open fields across much of the United States and southern Canada.
Song a series of loud, squeaky, jingling notes. Calls a variety of zeeps, chips, and rattles. Alarm note a wheezy "tee-hu."