[Length 6 in. Wingspan 10.5 in.]

This Chestnut-collared Longspur was photographed at Laguna Atascosa NWR, Rio Hondo, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: October 15, 2010)

[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 11.5 in.]

The male Lapland Longspur is distinctive with his black head and breast, white eyestripe that extends down the side of the head and onto the breast, and chestnut collar. Females are streaky brown sparrow-like birds. Lapland Longspurs breed in the high Arctic regions across Europe, Asia, and North America. In North America they breed over most of Alaska and the far northern regions of Canada. They winter in far southern Canada and most of the US except the far southeastern states, the desert southwest, and most of the west coast states. This male Lapland Longspur was photographed on Attu Island, Alaska, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1988)

[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 11.5 in.]

This male Lapland Longspur was photographed at the famous "boneyards" at the village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 800 film. (Date: May 1989)

[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 11.5 in.]

This male Lapland Longspur was photographed on Attu Island, Alaska, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1988)

[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 11.5 in.]

This winter plumaged Lapland Longspur was photographed on Staten Island, New York, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: February 1981)

[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 11.25 in.]

This male Smith's Longspur was photographed at Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1991)

[Length 6 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This Large-billed (McCown's) Longspur was photographed at South Van Tassell Road, Van Tassell, Wyoming. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6 IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: July 08, 2018)

[Length 6 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This Large-billed (McCown's) Longspur flock was photographed at Saragosa, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: December 22, 2008)