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 LC    Lark Bunting* Id (Atlas):
    Calamospiza melanocorys Vagrant

Description (10)
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Family
Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)

Size
16.50 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
Stejneger, 1885

Habitat
Temperate grassland.

Range (Guide)
Canada (B), Mexico, USA (B).

Breeds southern Canada (southern Alberta east to south-western Manitoba) and southern in Great Plains of USA (east to western Minnesota) to south-eastern New Mexico, northern Texas, western Oklahoma and central Kansas; has bred in wet years in eastern California. Non-breeding from south-eastern Utah and southern Arizona east to south-western Kansas, western Oklahoma and central and western Texas, southern in Mexico to southern Baja California, northern Sinaloa, Coahuila (uncommon), north-eastern Jalisco and central Tamaulipas.
 
Population
Estimated population is 27,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (23)...)

 
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) [XC293299]
     by Sue Riffe from Brady, McCulloch County, Texas, United States (call)

 
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza) [XC192320]
     by Paul Marvin from Kansas Settlement area, near Willcox, Cochise County, Arizona, United States (call, flight call, song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus perhaps close to Chondestes, and in a clade that includes also Amphispiza and Spizella. Plumage dichromatism and elaborate aerial displays reminiscent of Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus) and Rhynchophanes, but apparently not closely related.


References
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Files:
JPG files for Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) - 10 files


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