Snow Bunting
pulmunen · Plectrophenax nivalis
Photo: Drew Avery, CC BY 2.0
Family: Calcariidae (Pulmuset) · Size: 15.5–18 cm
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.
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