Chestnut-collared longspur

Chestnut-collared longspur
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Calcariidae
Genus: Calcarius
Species:
C. ornatus
Binomial name
Calcarius ornatus
(Townsend, 1837)

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.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Calcarius ornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22721040A180649581. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22721040A180649581.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.