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Plectrophenax nivalis

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

IUCN: Plectrophenax nivalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (old web site) (Least Concern)

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breeding plumage, Male
  • Svalbard, Norway, 5. Juli 2009
    Svalbard, Norway, 5. Juli 2009
  • Cairngorms, Scotland
    Cairngorms, Scotland
  • (low resolution)
    (low resolution)
  • Cairngorms (low resolution)
    Cairngorms (low resolution)
  • Laatzen, Lower Saxony, Germany, 8. November 2020
    Laatzen, Lower Saxony, Germany, 8. November 2020
Female & Male, winter plumage
Groups
  • 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
  • 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
    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 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.
    English: Snow Buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis) near the breakwater of Toppilansaari, Oulu.
    Suomi: Pulmusia (Plectrophenax nivalis) Toppilansaaren aallonmurtajan lähellä.

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