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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

Swamps

The Land of Evangeline
WinterMississippi River Bottomland DepressionJoseph Rusling Meeker, The Land of Evangeline (1874): moss-hung trees over a still bayou in Louisiana swamp forest. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Louisiana bayou country (Meeker, The Land of Evangeline, 1874), a neighboring state.The Land of Evangeline, Joseph Rusling Meeker, 1874. Public domain. Source record.

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
Other habitats in its models (35)

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

Elsewhere in the South (16)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Sea Island Beach Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Winter.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland 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 (16)
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore 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 Mississippi

  • Winter: does not nest here, in all 82 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 283

Plant genera in its diet records (39)
  • Setaria 3 diet records. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Amaranthus 2 diet records. 4 native plants in Mississippi
  • Digitaria 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Panicum 2 diet records. 14 native plants in Mississippi
  • Ambrosia 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Mississippi
  • Ammophila 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Avena 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Calamagrostis Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Carex 1 diet record. 131 native plants in Mississippi
  • Cerastium Seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Chenopodium 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Cornus 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Echinochloa 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Mississippi
  • Eleusine 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Empetrum 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Eragrostis 1 diet record. 10 native plants in Mississippi
  • Fallopia 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Festuca 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Mississippi
  • Fragaria 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Gentiana 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Helianthus 1 diet record. 18 native plants in Mississippi
  • Honckenya 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Hordeum 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Luzula Seeds. 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Mississippi
  • Papaver 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Persicaria 1 diet record. 10 native plants in Mississippi
  • Phleum 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Portulaca 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Potentilla 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Mississippi
  • Ranunculus 1 diet record. 13 native plants in Mississippi
  • Scirpus 1 diet record. 6 native plants in Mississippi
  • Silene 1 diet record. 6 native plants in Mississippi
  • Symphoricarpos 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Triplasis 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Mississippi
  • Triticum 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Vaccinium 1 diet record. 9 native plants in Mississippi
  • Verbena 1 diet record. 8 native plants in Mississippi
  • Viola 1 diet record. 16 native plants in Mississippi
  • Zea 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Mississippi, 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 129

Plants 1094

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Mississippi

Coastal dunes and beaches

Birds 127

Plants 118

All of coastal dunes and beaches in Mississippi

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 158

Plants 26

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in Mississippi

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources