snow bunting

[Vania]

white Arctic bunting

[Georgbund 0]

A snow bunting is a small, hardy passerine bird in the family Calcariidae, known scientifically as Plectrophenax nivalis. It is mainly found in Arctic regions and northern North America, Europe and Asia, often migrating to warmer areas in winter. The snow bunting is distinguished by its black and white plumage during summer and brownish tone in winter. They mainly feed on seeds and insects.

[IsobelHaups]

The Snow Bunting, sometimes colloquially called a snowflake, is a passerine bird in the longspur family Calcariidae. It is an arctic specialist, with a circumpolar Arctic breeding range throughout the northern hemisphere. There are small isolated populations on a few high mountain tops south of the Arctic region, including the Cairngorms in central Scotland and the Saint Elias Mountains on the southern Alaska-Yukon border, and also Cape Breton Highlands.

[RobertaInvag]

A finch, Plectrophenax nivalis, having white plumage; it is widely distributed in northern latitudes.