Calcarius Lapponicus Bird
Calcarius Lapponicus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Fringilla lapponica Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.180
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Calcariidae / Calcarius
Taxonomy Code: laplon
Type Locality: Lapland.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CALCARIUS
(Calcariidae; Ϯ Lapland Bunting C. lapponicus) L. calcaria spurs < calcar, calcaris spur < calx, calcis heel; "d) Mit einem an den Kinnladen-Rändern merklich eingezogenen, scharf zugespitzten Schnabel, und einer langen geraden Hinterkralle. Die Nahrung besteht aus Insekten, Saamen und Körnern. (Calcarius.) † 14. Lappländischer Fink (F. lapponica, Linn.) ... Anmerk. Durch den kleinen Zahn am Gaumen macht er den Uebergang zu den Ammern, und durch den Lerchensporn und Stellung das Bindegleid zwischen Lerchen und Finken. ... Linné, l. c. p. 900. N. 1. Bechstein, N. G. D. IV. S. 489. Pallas, Reise, II. S. 710. N. 20. Tab. E. Donndorf a. a. O. S. 475. N. 1." (Bechstein 1802); "Calcarius Bechstein, 1802, Ornith. Taschenb. Deuts., 1, p. 130. Type, by monotypy, Fringilla lapponica Linnaeus." (Paynter in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 36).
Synon. Centhrophanes, Leptoplectron, Plectrophanes.
lapponica / lapponicum / lapponicus
Lapponia (= Lapland).
● ex “Fringilla major. Greater Bunting” of Albin 1738, and “Fringilla capite nigricante maculato: macula pone oculos alba” of Linnaeus 1746 (Calcarius).
● ex Tetrao lagopus Montin, 1781, and “Rehusak Grous ” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Lagopus lagopus).
● "77. SCOLOPAX. ... lapponica. 12. S. rostro subrecurvato, pedibusque nigris, pectore ferrugineo. Recurvirostra pectore croceo. Fn. svec. 138. Habitat in Lapponia. Rudbeck." (Linnaeus 1758) (Limosa).
SUBSPECIES
Lapland Longspur (alascensis)
Latin Name: Calcarius lapponicus alascensis
alascanus / alascensis
Alaska (formerly Russian America 1733-1867; Russian Alyaska < Aleut alyeska great land), USA.
Lapland Longspur (lapponicus)
Latin Name: Calcarius lapponicus lapponicus
lapponica / lapponicum / lapponicus
Lapponia (= Lapland).
● ex “Fringilla major. Greater Bunting” of Albin 1738, and “Fringilla capite nigricante maculato: macula pone oculos alba” of Linnaeus 1746 (Calcarius).
● ex Tetrao lagopus Montin, 1781, and “Rehusak Grous ” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Lagopus lagopus).
● "77. SCOLOPAX. ... lapponica. 12. S. rostro subrecurvato, pedibusque nigris, pectore ferrugineo. Recurvirostra pectore croceo. Fn. svec. 138. Habitat in Lapponia. Rudbeck." (Linnaeus 1758) (Limosa).
Lapland Longspur (coloratus)
Latin Name: Calcarius lapponicus coloratus
colorata / coloratus
L. coloratus coloured (especially red-coloured, tanned) < color, coloris colour.
● “embrowned” (Bangs 1902); described from a specimen collected by W. Wood Brown, Jr., in 1889 (subsp. Premnoplex brunnescens).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)