Snow Bunting

Plectrophenax nivalis

Least Concern

The Snow Bunting is an open-country bunting or longspur of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It feeds mostly on seeds and summer insects, breeding on tundra, prairie, or high open ground and often gathering in winter flocks over fields, beaches, or windswept plains.

Family

Calcariidae

Group

Longspurs and Snow Buntings

Range

Snow Bunting Range — Resident or seasonal range in Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia

Population

≈ 20M-40M

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