Lapland longspur

This migratory, terrestrial granivore lives in grassland and has a geographic range of 8,536,000 km². It lays 5 eggs per clutch, 1 clutch per year, with an incubation period of 12 days, and the IUCN lists it as Least Concern, not a threatened category.

Weight

26.4 g – 28 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

26 cmsrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

5 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Granivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

6 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

grasslandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

12 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

5src for Young per litter or clutch

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Migratorysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The lapland longspur is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPasseriformes
5. familyCalcariidae
6. genusCalcarius
7. SpeciesCalcarius lapponicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Emberiza lapponicus, Fringilla lapponica, Plectrophanes lapponica, Plectrophanes mustelina

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

VU, Vulnerable

Chestnut-collared longspur

Calcarius ornatus

Calcariidae

LC, Least Concern

Smith's longspur

Calcarius pictus

Calcariidae

CompareLapland longspur vs Chestnut-collared longspurLapland longspur vs Smith's longspur

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@misc{lapland_longspur_2026,
  title = {Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lapland-longspur},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}