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Thick-billed Longspur (Rhynchophanes mccownii)

Thick-billed Longspur
Photo: Andeansolitaire via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Thick-billed Longspur

The thick-billed longspur, also known as McCown's longspur (Rhynchophanes mccownii), is a small ground-feeding bird in the family Calcariidae, which also contains the other longspurs and snow buntings. It is found in North America and is the only species in the genus Rhynchophanes.

Source: Thick-billed longspur on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 67 recordings for this species: 52 CC BY-NC-SA · 15 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.

As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.

Listed as recorded in United States in the xeno-canto catalogue.