Snow Bunting

Plectrophenax nivalis

The snow bunting 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.

Scientific name

Plectrophenax nivalis

Family

Longspurs and Snow Buntings

IUCN status

LC

Birds of Conservation Concern

Amber