#calcarius

Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus), male, family Calcariidae, order Passeriformes, Pawnee Grasslands, Northern CO, USA

Longspurs and Snow Buntings, now in their own family together, were once in the Emberizidae (old world sparrows, buntings, and some finches), along with the new world sparrows.

Both groups were split off the Emberezidae in the 2010s.

Longspurs are actually not that closely related to sparrows of either continent, as was once thought, and are actually more closely related to the cardinal and tanager families.

Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus), male, HE SCREMMM!!!, family Calcariidae, order Passeriformes, Northern CO, USA

Longspurs and Snow Buntings, now in their own family together, were once in the Emberizidae (old world sparrows, buntings, and some finches), along with the new world sparrows.

Both groups were split off the Emberezidae in the 2010s.

Longspurs are actually not that closely related to sparrows of either continent, as was once thought, and are actually more closely related to the cardinal and tanager families.

Smith's Longspur (Calcarius pictus), male, family Calcariidae, order Passeriformes, on the tundra of northern Alaska

The birds in this family (the longspurs and snow bunting) were formerly in the Old World bunting and finch family Emberizidae, but were elevated to their own family in 2008.

Smith's Longspur (Calcarius pictus), male, family Calcariidae, order Passeriformes, found in the north-central plains of the US, central Canada, and parts of eastern Alaska

Found in open grassy habitats.

Feed mainly on seeds, but also eats insects.

Formerly in the Old World Bunting family, family Emberizidae, they are now in their own family (which includes Sno Buntings).

The males are more colorful than the females.

ALL NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE ARE BEING RENAMED...

What should we name this bird?