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Snow Bunting

Plectrophenax nivalis

Photo by dferris
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Description:

Small sparrow sized bird flying and land in large flock, picking gravel. Mostly white with rusty patches and black back/wings. Non-breeding colors. This bird which breeds in the high arctic has migrate to the northern US for winter.

Habitat:

Open Fields, Agriculture

Reference Links:

Snow Bunting, Life History, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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PublishedDecember 17, 2016

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