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Smith's longspur

Calcarius pictus (Swainson, 1832)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The smith's longspur (Calcarius pictus) is a species in the family Calcariidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 24.3 g to 28.5 g and live up to 5 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Smith's longspur (Calcarius pictus)
Photo: Alaska Region U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service from Anchorage, United States · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the smith's longspur

Weight
24.3 g – 28.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
5 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
11.8 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
4src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
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

Where does the smith's longspur live?

Not recorded

What is the smith's longspur?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Smith's longspur” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smith%27s_longspur&oldid=1363817332), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the smith's longspur endangered?

The smith's 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

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the smith's longspur classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCalcariidae
  6. genusCalcarius
  7. SpeciesCalcarius pictus (Swainson, 1832)

Synonyms Calcarius pictus mersi, Calcarius pictus roweorum, Emberiza picta

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • Buff-breasted finchEnglish
  • طويل المهماز السميثيArabic
  • repicatalons de SmithCatalan
  • strnad pestrýCzech
  • bras SmithWelsh
  • Rustbuget SporeværlingDanish
  • SmithspornammerGerman
  • Bunt-SpornammerGerman
  • Goldbauch-SpornammerGerman
  • GoldbauchspornammerGerman
  • tundra kalkarioEsperanto
  • Escribano de SmithSpanish
  • tarnatsiitsitajaEstonian
  • tundrasirkkuFinnish
  • bruant de SmithFrench
  • Plectrophane de SmithFrench
  • dugonokta strnadicaCroatian
  • fehérszárnyú sarkantyússármányHungarian
  • Zigolo di SmithItalian
  • ヒバリツメナガホオジロJapanese
  • raštuotoji pentinuotoji startaLithuanian
  • losā stērsteLatvian
  • Bonte IJsgorsDutch
  • tundraspurvNorwegian
  • poświerka płowaPolish
  • escrevedeira-ocráceaPortuguese
  • escrevedeira-de-smithPortuguese
  • Расписной подорожникRussian
  • ostrohárka maľovanáSlovak
  • Smitova strnadica ostrugašicaSerbian
  • tundralappsparvSwedish
  • Smith ÇintesiTurkish
  • подорожник вохристийUkrainian
  • 黃腹鐵爪鵐Chinese
  • 黄腹铁爪鹀Chinese

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Relatives of the smith's longspur

Other species in the same genus Calcarius.

CompareSmith's longspur vs Lapland longspurSmith's longspur vs Chestnut-collared longspur

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the smith's longspur?

An adult smith's longspur weighs 24.3 g – 28.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the smith's longspur endangered?

The smith's longspur is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the smith's longspur live?

The smith's longspur has a recorded lifespan of 5 years.

What kind of animal is the smith's longspur?

The smith's longspur (Calcarius pictus) belongs to the family Calcariidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{smiths_longspur_2026,
  title = {Smith's longspur (Calcarius pictus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/smiths-longspur},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}