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Thick-billed Longspur

Rhynchophanes mccownii

Classification

Class
Aves

The thick-billed longspur, also known as McCown's longspur (Rhynchophanes mccownii), is a small ground-feeding bird in the family Calcariidae, which also contains the other longspurs and snow buntings. It is found in North America and is the only species in the genus Rhynchophanes. Taxonomy The thick-billed longspur was described in 1851 by the American amateur ornithologist George Newbold Lawrence under the English name rufous-winged lark bunting.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 11,452Canada · 1,603Mexico · 108