What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Lapland Longspur been recorded?

Calcarius lapponicus occurrence evidence comes from 71,297 records in 16 countries and territories, from 1859 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

Lapland Longspur
Lapland Longspur — Photo (display-sized rendition): Ómar Runólfsson · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesCalcariidaeCalcarius

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

71,297 records across 16 countries and territories, 1859–2026.

Calcarius lapponicus · GBIF taxon key 2491678

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: September.

10 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18592026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Lapland Longspur has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Lapland Longspur. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 58,579
United States 9,660
Belgium 2,071
Canada 819
Russia 97
Netherlands 15
Greenland 12
Norway 11
South Korea 8
United Kingdom 6
France 5
ZZ 5
Finland 4
Mongolia 3
Iceland 1
Mexico 1

Related animals

Others in the family Calcariidae.

Snow Bunting
Snow Bunting
141,846 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.