Species
Calcarius ornatus (Chestnut-collared longspur)
Calcarius ornatus. Photo: (c) Christian Artuso, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
The chestnut-collared longspur (Calcarius ornatus) is a species of bird in the family Calcariidae. Like the other longspurs, it is a small ground-feeding bird that primarily eats seeds. It breeds in prairie habitats in Canada and the northern United States and winters to the south in the United States and Mexico.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
- Family: Calcariidae (Longspurs and snow buntings)
- Genus: Calcarius (Typical longspurs)
- Species: Calcarius ornatus (Chestnut-collared longspur)
- Genus: Calcarius (Typical longspurs)
- Family: Calcariidae (Longspurs and snow buntings)
- Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)