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Lapland Longspur

Calcarius lapponicus

A winter visitor to Mississippi, found in all 82 counties and 5 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 82 counties
Habitats
5

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 82 counties
Habitats
5
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Mississippi 5

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

1 of 5

Coastal dunes and beaches

Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.

WinterUnconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland

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

Pine savannas

Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie

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

Swamps

Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.

WinterMississippi River Bottomland Depression
Other habitats in its models (35)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Mississippi.

  • Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Sandy Beach Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Sandy Beach Winter.
  • Upper Texas Coast Beach Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Sea Island Beach Winter.
  • Texas Coastal Bend Beach Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Winter.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Winter.
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Winter.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Winter.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale Winter.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • Recently Logged Areas Winter.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter.
  • Recently Burned Winter.
  • Recently Burned Forest Winter.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Winter.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Winter.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Mississippi

  • Winter: does not nest here, in all 82 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 166

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 261

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Mississippi. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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