First Report of a Snow Bunting × Lapland Longspur Hybrid

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Macdonald, Christie A., Martin, Tracy, Ludkin, Rick, Hussell, David J.T., Lamble, David, Love, Oliver P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2012
• Subjects: snow bunting; Plectrophenax nivalis; Lapland longspur; Calcarius lapponicus; avian hybrid; Arctic passerine; plectrophane des neiges; plectrophane lapon; hybride aviaire; passereau de l’Arctique; Arctic; Canada; Manger; Newfoundland; St. Lewis; St. Lewis Inlet; Snow Bunting; Terre-Neuve; Lapland; lapon
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67269

In late April 2011, photographs of an apparent male snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) × Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) hybrid were taken at St. Lewis Inlet, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, while the bird was foraging in a mixed flock of both species along a previously documented sprin...