Thick-billed longspur | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Calcariidae |
Genus: | Rhynchophanes Baird, 1858 |
Species: | R. mccownii
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Binomial name | |
Rhynchophanes mccownii (Lawrence, 1851)
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Breeding Migration Nonbreeding
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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.