Thick-billed longspur

Thick-billed longspur
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Calcariidae
Genus: Rhynchophanes
Baird, 1858
Species:
R. mccownii
Binomial name
Rhynchophanes mccownii
(Lawrence, 1851)
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The thick-billed longspur, also known as McCown's longspur (Rhynchophanes mccownii), is a small ground-feeding bird in the family Calcariidae, which also contains the other longspurs and snow buntings. It is found in North America and is the only species in the genus Rhynchophanes.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Rhynchophanes mccownii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22721025A94695247. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22721025A94695247.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.