Calcariidae

Home Subjects Covers About Contact Family Calcariidae (Longspurs & Snow Buntings) Click on the thumbnail to see more of each species. Lapland Longspur McCown’s Longspur Smith’s Longspur Snow Bunting Facebook-f Chicago, IL EMAIL

Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Snow Bunting, (Plectrophenax nivalis) has recently been moved, along with Longspurs, from the Sparrow family, Emberizidae, to a new family Calcariidae, after DNA studies provided deeper insight into evolutionary histories.  It breeds with a circumpolar range in the Arctic and is the mostly northerly member of the family

Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact Order Passeriformes (PERCHING BIRDS) Family Calcariidae (LONGSPURS & SNOW BUNTING Longspurs, along with the Snow Bunting constitute the family Calcariidae.which was split off from the sparrow family Emberizidae in 2010. It is a small family with only 6 species worldwide. ‘Longspur’ refers to the long claw on the hind