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Calcarius lapponicus
Family: CalcariidaeGenus: Calcariusnative in Germany
native in Germany
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20
Plants
visited
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21
Interactions
documented
About this species
Calcarius lapponicus is a songbird in the family Calcariidae. It has a body mass of around 28 grams and a wingspan of just under 9.5 centimetres. The species can live up to six years in the wild, and its diet is evenly split between seeds and invertebrates.
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Merkmale
Körper
Wingspan
9.49 cm
Weight
28 g
Max. Lebensalter
6 Jahre
Fortpflanzung
Wurfgröße / Gelege
5, 1× pro Jahr
Bebrütungsdauer
12 Tage
Ausflugalter
12 Tage
Ernährung & Verhalten
50% Samen50% Wirbellose
Scientific profile
Calcarius lapponicus is a small songbird with a body mass of 28 grams and a wingspan of 9.49 centimetres. Its maximum known lifespan is six years. The diet is omnivorous, consisting of roughly half seeds and half invertebrates. Breeding occurs once per year, producing a single clutch of five eggs. Incubation lasts 12 days, and chicks fledge after a further 12 days.
Visited plants
20 plants are visited by this species
Vaccinium uliginosumAmbrosia artemisiifoliaTriticum aestivumPanicum capillareEmpetrum nigrumSetaria viridisFestuca rubra subsp. rubraPhleum pratense subsp. pratenseDigitaria sanguinalisDigitaria ischaemumAmmophila arenaria × Calamagrostis epigejosSetaria pumilaChenopodium album var. albumHonckenya peploides subsp. peploidesFallopia convolvulusZea maysPortulaca oleraceaEchinochloa crus-galli subsp. crus-galliPersicaria lapathifolia subsp. pallidaAmaranthus retroflexus
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
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