Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (44)
- Subspecies (4)
Robert Montgomerie and Bruce Lyon
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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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 |
Plectrophenax nivalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Emberiza nivalis
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae ed.10 1, p.176.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Lapland.
Definitions
- PLECTROPHENAX
- nivalis
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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