Thick-billed longspur
| Thick-billed longspur | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Calcariidae |
| Genus: | Rhynchophanes Baird, 1858 |
| Species: | R. mccownii |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhynchophanes mccownii (Lawrence, 1851) | |
Breeding Migration Nonbreeding | |
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.