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Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	38,900,000 km2	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	53,800,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	50000000-199999999 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2012
Population trend	increasing	-	estimated	-
Generation length	3.3 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number c.150,000,000 individuals (Rich et al. 2004). The European population is estimated at 5,340,000-12,700,000 pairs, which equates to 10,700,000-25,300,000 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2015). Europe forms approximately 15% of the global range, so a very preliminary estimate of the global population size is 71,000,000-169,000,000 mature individuals, placed in the range 50,000,000-199,999,999 mature individuals, although further validation of this estimate is needed.

Trend justification: This species has undergone a small or statistically insignificant increase over the last 40 years in North America (data from Breeding Bird Survey and/or Christmas Bird Count: Butcher and Niven 2007). The European population trend showed a moderate decline between 1980 and 2013 (EBCC 2015).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Algeria	extant	vagrant
Austria	extant	native				yes
Belarus	extant	native			yes
Belgium	extant	native			yes
Bermuda (to UK)	extant	vagrant
Bosnia and Herzegovina	extant	vagrant
Bulgaria	extant	vagrant
Canada	extant	native		yes		yes
China (mainland)	extant	native
Croatia	extant	vagrant
Czechia	extant	vagrant
Denmark	extant	native			yes	yes
Faroe Islands (to Denmark)	extant	native		yes
Finland	extant	native	yes			yes
France	extant	native			yes
Germany	extant	native				yes
Greenland (to Denmark)	extant	native	yes
Hungary	extant	native			yes
Iceland	extant	native
Ireland	extant	native
Italy	extant	native
Japan	extant	native
Kazakhstan	extant	native
Latvia	extant	native
Lithuania	extant	native			yes
Malta	extant	vagrant
Mexico	extant	native
Mongolia	extant	native
Montenegro	extant	vagrant
Netherlands	extant	native			yes
North Korea	extant	native
Norway	extant	native		yes
Poland	extant	native			yes
Portugal	extant	vagrant
Romania	extant	native			yes
Russia	extant	native	yes	yes
Russia (Asian)	extant	native		yes
Russia (Central Asian)	extant	native	yes
Russia (European)	extant	native		yes
Serbia	extant	vagrant
Slovakia	extant	native			yes
South Korea	extant	native
Spain	extant	native			yes
St Pierre and Miquelon (to France)	extant	native			yes	yes
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway)	extant	vagrant
Sweden	extant	native	yes
Switzerland	extant	vagrant
Türkiye	extant	vagrant
Ukraine	extant	native			yes
United Kingdom	extant	native			yes
USA	extant	native		yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Finland	Käsivarsi fjelds
Finland	Kevo
Finland	Lemmenjoki-Hammastunturi-Pulju
Finland	Northern Kaldoaivi wilderness
Finland	Pöyrisjärvi wilderness
Finland	Sammutinjänkä-Vaijoenjänkä
Norway	Dovrefjell
Norway	Hardangervidda
Norway	Øvre Anárjohka
Norway	Reisa
Norway	Slettnes
Norway	Varanger Peninsula
Russia (Asian)	Babushkina and Kekurnyy Gulfs
Russia (Asian)	Gusikha river basin and lower Balakhnya river
Russia (Asian)	Kanchalan river basin
Russia (Asian)	Lower Anadyr lowlands
Russia (Asian)	Lower Nizhnyaya Taymyra river
Russia (Asian)	Malkachan bay
Russia (Asian)	Preobrazheniya island
Russia (Asian)	Utkholok river
Russia (Central Asian)	Valley of headwaters of the river Schuchya
Russia (Central Asian)	Valley of the Yorkutayakha river
Russia (European)	Lapland Biosphere Reserve
Russia (European)	Middle reaches of Bolshaya Rogovaya river
Sweden	Middagsfjället – Dörrshöjden
Sweden	Tavvavouma

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	non-breeding
Grassland	Tundra	major	breeding
Grassland	Tundra	major	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Climate change & severe weather	Habitat shifting & alteration	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Future		Whole (>90%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Indirect ecosystem effects, Ecosystem degradation

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/lapland-longspur-calcarius-lapponicus on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.