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Snow bunting
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The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) is a passerine bird in the 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, as well as the Cape Breton Highlands. The snow bunting is the most northerly recorded passerine in the world.[2]
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Snow bunting | |
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Male in breeding plumage, Thule, Greenland | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Calcariidae |
Genus: | Plectrophenax |
Species: | P. nivalis |
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Plectrophenax nivalis | |
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Breeding Migration Year-round Nonbreeding | |
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