McKay's Bunting Plectrophenax hyperboreus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
Robert Montgomerie and Bruce Lyon
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 21, 2011
Text last updated January 21, 2011
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Американска северна овесарка |
| Catalan | sit de McKay |
| Croatian | berinška strnadica |
| Dutch | Beringsneeuwgors |
| English | McKay's Bunting |
| English (United States) | McKay's Bunting |
| Estonian | lumelind |
| French | Plectrophane blanc |
| French (Canada) | Plectrophane blanc |
| German | Beringschneeammer |
| Hungarian | McKay-sármány |
| Icelandic | Mjalltittlingur |
| Japanese | ベーリングユキホオジロ |
| Norwegian | hvitspurv |
| Polish | śnieguła biała |
| Russian | Белая пуночка |
| Serbian | Bela strnadica |
| Slovak | snehuľka biela |
| Spanish | Escribano de Mckay |
| Spanish (Spain) | Escribano de McKay |
| Swedish | beringsnösparv |
| Turkish | Alaska Çintesi |
| Ukrainian | Пуночка полярна |
Plectrophenax hyperboreus Ridgway, 1884
PROTONYM:
Plectrophenax hyperboreus
Ridgway, 1884. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 7, p.68.
TYPE LOCALITY:
St. Michael Island, south shore of Norton Sound, Alaska.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- PLECTROPHENAX
- hyperborea / hyperboreus
The Key to Scientific Names
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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)
Originally Appeared in
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- Migration
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- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of McKay's Bunting in North America.
