Snow Bunting
https://www.dkfindout.com/us/animals-and-nature/birds/snow-bunting/
Scientific:
Plectrophenax nivalis
Order:
Passeriformes
Family: Calcariidae
Genus:
Plectrophenax
Danish: Snespurv
Greenlandic: Kopenuak, Qupeloraarsuk
Length: 5.9 in (15 cm)
Weight: 1.1-1.6 oz (31-46 g)
Wingspan: 11.8 in (30 cm)
Fun Fact: Snow Buntings can be referred to as snowflakes, because the movements of snow bunting flocks in the air are similar to the nature of snow flurries. Additionally, the Snow Buntings in the arctic molt at such a fast speed, that during the time of transition the birds are not able to fly due to the lack of fully grown wing feathers. Snow Bu
ntings in Northern Greenland molt faster than their counterparts in Southern Greenland.
Stein Ø. Nilsen, XC373410. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/373410
References
Avibase The World Bird Database (2018) Plectrophenax nivalis. Retrieved at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=334ACDE6198F2606
G. H. Green & R. W. Summers (1975) Snow Bunting Moult in Northeast Greenland, Bird Study, 22:1, 9-17, DOI: 10.1080/00063657509476435
Montgomerie, Robert and Bruce Lyon. 2011. Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Sibley, David Allen. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A Knopf, New York.
Wild Screen Arkive. Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis). Retrieved at http://www.arkive.org/snow-bunting/plectrophenax-nivalis/.