Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Chestnut-collared Longspur

Calcarius ornatus

Description:

Adult male in Southern Wyoming

Habitat:

Long grass prairie

Notes:

Took some effort to see this bird, but it was well worth it! They are gorgeous.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

2 Comments

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 9 years ago

Beautiful photo.

JoshuaGSmith
JoshuaGSmith 9 years ago

Awesome bird! They have been showing up around Phoenix recently; I should take camera and binoculars in hand and find one!

AustinH.
Spotted by
AustinH.

Wyoming, USA

Spotted on Jul 29, 2014
Submitted on Feb 26, 2015

Spotted for Mission

Related Spottings

Escribano lapón Smiths longspur Lapland longspur Lapland Longspur

Nearby Spottings

McCown's Longpsur Unknown Spider Downy woodpecker Spotting
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team