This rare visitor to the islands was photographed in October 2007 on the Friends of Ecological Reserve Field trip.Calcarius lapponicus
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Sub-Phylum Vertebrata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Calcariidae
Genus Calcarius
Species lapponicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Name: lapland Longspur
| Other Members of the Class Aves at Race Rocks |
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 The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams.
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