Bird
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicus
A winter visitor to West Virginia, found in all 55 counties and 2 habitats.
- Here
- Winter
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 55 counties
- Habitats
- 2

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Winter
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 55 counties
- Habitats
- 2
- Habitat models
- Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in West Virginia 2
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
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.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Other habitats in its models (39)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in West Virginia.
- 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 (Beach/Dune) 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.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland 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.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Winter.
- Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Winter.
- Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Winter.
- Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.
Seasons in West Virginia
- Winter: does not nest here, in all 55 counties.
Also found in this habitat
Wildlife 193
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in West Virginia. Not sighting records.
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- American WigeonAnas americana
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Lapland Longspur
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)

























