Snow bunting – Norsk Polarinstitutt | 台北市立動物園資訊網

The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) is a passerine bird in the family Calcariidae. It is an Arctic specialist, with a circumpolar Arctic breeding range ... Read More

Snow Buntings have several plumages, but they always show white inner wings with black wingtips and a black-and-white tail. Breeding males are sharp white ... Read More

Snow Buntings breed in the high Arctic among rocky crevices where their crisp white plumage blends in with the snowy landscape. In the winter they acquire rusty ... Read More

Snow Buntings spend the summer in the arctic tundra, nesting in rocky areas and foraging in patches of sedges and other vegetation. In the winter they use open ... Read More

They sometimes have been called Snowflakes, and flocks of Snow Buntings may seem like snowflakes as they swirl through the air and then settle on winter ... Read More

Breeds on tundra at northern latitudes; forms flocks in the winter and moves south​. Nonbreeding birds are overall white below with warm brown and orange ... Read More

Snow buntings are large buntings, with striking 'snowy' plumages. Males in summer have all white heads and underparts contrasting with a black mantle and​ ... Read More

The snow bunting is a sparrow-sized bird that breeds in the Arctic (from Scandinavia to Canada), and winters in the UK, mainly around the coast. There are also ... Read More

5. Snow Buntings represent the coming of winter to people living in their southern migration zone, but are looked for as a harbinger of spring by those living in the ... Read More

It is a migratory bird that winters in temperate areas. Recoveries of ring-marked birds suggest that Svalbard's snow buntings migrate in a south-easterly direction​ ... Read More