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Lapland Longspur

Calcarius lapponicus

A winter visitor to Florida, found in 25 of 67 counties and 6 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
25 of 67 counties
Habitats
6

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
25 of 67 counties
Habitats
6
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Florida 6

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 6

Coastal dunes and beaches

White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola
WinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach; Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); Atlantic Coastal Plain Sea Island Beach; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland; East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal GrasslandGeorge Catlin, White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola (1834-35): high white dunes with scattered clumps of dune plants above the Gulf. Santa Rosa Island near Pensacola, FloridaWhite Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola, George Catlin (1796-1872), 1834-1835. Public domain. Source record.

Pine savannas

Beautiful Savannah in the Pine Woods of Florida
WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet PrairieGeorge Catlin, Beautiful Savannah in the Pine Woods of Florida (1834-35): an open grassy savanna with a shallow pond, ringed by tall pines, with palmettos and red wildflowers. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Pine woods of Florida (George Catlin, 1834-35; Smithsonian American Art Museum)Beautiful Savannah in the Pine Woods of Florida, George Catlin, 1834-1835. Public domain. Source record.

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Florida Sunrisetitle QS:P1476,en:"Florida Sunrise"label QS:Len,"Florida Sunrise"
WinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural LakeshoreMartin Johnson Heade, Florida Sunrise: still water and a palm-fringed shore glowing at dawn. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Florida (Heade, Florida Sunrise, c. 1890-1900)Florida Sunrisetitle QS:P1476,en:"Florida Sunrise"label QS:Len,"Florida Sunrise", Martin Johnson Heade, c. 1890-1900. Public domain. Source record.

Depression ponds and limesinks

Shallow ponds in Coastal Plain depressions, such as limesinks and the ponds in some Carolina bays, that rise and fall with the seasons.

WinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Winter

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

WinterDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (31)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida. Those recorded in Florida first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (13)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Winter.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Winter.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Winter.
  • Texas Coastal Bend Beach Winter.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Winter.
  • Upper Texas Coast Beach Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Winter.
Northeast (3)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Sandy Beach Winter.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale Winter.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Sandy Beach Winter.
Land cover and other classes (15)
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Winter.
  • Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter.
  • Recently Burned Winter.
  • Recently Burned Forest Winter.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Winter.
  • Recently Logged Areas Winter.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Florida

  • Winter: does not nest here, in 25 of 67 counties.

Food plants

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.

Native plants in these genera 195

Plant genera in its diet records (39)
  • Setaria 3 diet records. 4 native plants in Florida
  • Amaranthus 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Florida
  • Digitaria 2 diet records. 8 native plants in Florida
  • Panicum 2 diet records. 5 native plants in Florida
  • Ambrosia 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Florida
  • Ammophila 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Avena 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Calamagrostis Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Carex 1 diet record. 77 native plants in Florida
  • Cerastium Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Chenopodium 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Florida
  • Cornus 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Florida
  • Echinochloa 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Florida
  • Eleusine 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Empetrum 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Eragrostis 1 diet record. 8 native plants in Florida
  • Fallopia 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Florida
  • Festuca 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Florida
  • Fragaria 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Florida
  • Gentiana 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Florida
  • Helianthus 1 diet record. 14 native plants in Florida
  • Honckenya 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Hordeum 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Luzula Seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Florida
  • Papaver 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Persicaria 1 diet record. 11 native plants in Florida
  • Phleum 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Portulaca 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Florida
  • Potentilla 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Florida
  • Ranunculus 1 diet record. 6 native plants in Florida
  • Scirpus 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Florida
  • Silene 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Florida
  • Symphoricarpos 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Florida
  • Triplasis 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Florida
  • Triticum 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Vaccinium 1 diet record. 6 native plants in Florida
  • Verbena 1 diet record. 6 native plants in Florida
  • Viola 1 diet record. 9 native plants in Florida
  • Zea 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Florida, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 116

Plants 1524

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Florida

Coastal dunes and beaches

Birds 127

Plants 187

All of coastal dunes and beaches in Florida

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 149

Plants 58

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in Florida

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources