© Ian Davies
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Robert Montgomerie and Bruce Lyon
Version: 2.0 — Published January 21, 2011
Version: 2.0 — Published January 21, 2011
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Arabic | درسة الثلوج |
| Armenian | Ձյան դրախտապան |
| Asturian | Escribana nival |
| Basque | Elur-berdantza |
| Bulgarian | Снежна овесарка |
| Catalan | Sit blanc |
| Chinese | 雪鵐 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 雪鹀 |
| Croatian | bijela strnadica |
| Czech | sněhule severní |
| Danish | Snespurv |
| Dutch | Sneeuwgors |
| English | Snow Bunting |
| English (United States) | Snow Bunting |
| Faroese | Snjóspurvur |
| Finnish | pulmunen |
| French | Plectrophane des neiges |
| French (France) | Bruant des neiges |
| French (French Guiana) | Plectrophane des neiges |
| Galician | Escribidor nival |
| German | Schneeammer |
| Greek | Χιονοτσίχλονο |
| Hebrew | גיבתון שלג |
| Hungarian | Hósármány |
| Icelandic | Snjótittlingur |
| Italian | Zigolo delle nevi |
| Japanese | ユキホオジロ |
| Korean | 흰멧새 |
| Latvian | Sniedze |
| Lithuanian | Sniegstartė |
| Mongolian | Цасч хөмрөг |
| Norwegian | snøspurv |
| Polish | śnieguła |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Escrevedeira-das-neves |
| Romanian | Pasărea omătului |
| Russian | Пуночка |
| Serbian | Snežna strnadica |
| Slovak | snehuľka severská |
| Slovenian | Snežni strnad |
| Spanish | Escribano Nival |
| Spanish (Spain) | Escribano nival |
| Swedish | snösparv |
| Turkish | Alaca Çinte |
| Ukrainian | Пуночка снігова |
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- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Snow Bunting in N. America.
It winters irregularly south of the distribution shown and casually further south. Northern limits of winter range uncertain.