Plectrophenax nivalis

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Passeriformes • Subordo: Passeri • Infraordo: Passerida • Superfamilia: Passeroidea • Familia: Calcariidae • Genus: Plectrophenax • Species: Plectrophenax nivalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular names

English: Snow Bunting
Deutsch: Schneeammer
français: Bruant des neiges
íslenska: Snjótittlingur
lietuvių: Sniegstartė
polski: śnieguła
português: Escrevedeira-das-neves
svenska: Snösparv
Türkçe: Kar kiraz kuşu

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Synonyms

Calcarius nivalis
Emberiza nivalis
Passerina nivalis

IUCN: Plectrophenax nivalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Least Concern)

On a wire behind the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve Visitor Center, 1. Februar 2010
On a wire behind the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve Visitor Center, 1. Februar 2010
A flock of over 50 Snow Buntings on Dornock beach, Scotland. They were flitting over the dunes and occasionally coming to rest and feeding on the tall stalks of maram grass. In autumn and winter birds develop a sandy/buff wash to their plumage and males have more mottled upperparts, 8. Februar 2009
English: Snow Bunting, (Plectrophenax nivalis), feeding on millet, Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area, Quebec, Canada

Français : Bruant des neiges, (Plectrophenax nivalis), se nourrissant de graines de millet, Réserve nationale de faune du cap Tourmente, Québec, Canada.
English: Snow Buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis) near the breakwater of Toppilansaari, Oulu.

Suomi: Pulmusia (Plectrophenax nivalis) Toppilansaaren aallonmurtajan lähellä.