Snow Bunting

Plectrophenax nivalis - Bruant des neiges Plectrophane des neiges

Bruant des neiges
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Calcariidés

  • Genus
    :

    Plectrophenax

  • Species
    :

    nivalis

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 18 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 28 à 30 cm.
  • Weight
    : 26 à 43 g
Longevity

8 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Bruant des neiges
♂ adult plum. breeding
Bruant des neiges
♀ adult plum. breeding

Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) is a species of bird in the Calcariidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

  • Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis (n North America and n Europe)
  • Plectrophenax nivalis insulae (Iceland)
  • Plectrophenax nivalis vlasowae (ne Europe to ne Siberia)
  • Plectrophenax nivalis townsendi (Commander, Aleutian and Pribilof Is.)

Foreign names

  • Bruant des neiges,
  • Escribano nival,
  • escrevedeira-das-neves,
  • Schneeammer,
  • hósármány,
  • Sneeuwgors,
  • Zigolo delle nevi,
  • snösparv,
  • Snøspurv,
  • snehuľka severská,
  • sněhule severní,
  • Snespurv,
  • pulmunen,
  • sit blanc,
  • Snjótittlingur,
  • śnieguła (zwyczajna),
  • sniedze,
  • snežni strnad,
  • Пуночка,
  • ユキホオジロ,
  • 雪鹀,
  • snösparv,
  • 雪鵐,

Voice song and cries

Bruant des neiges
♂ adult plum. post breeding

Habitat

Bruant des neiges
♂ adult plum. breeding

Grassland : Tundra ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

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