Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (47)
- Subspecies (4)
Robert Montgomerie and Bruce Lyon
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Arabic | درسة الثلوج |
Armenian | Ձյան դրախտապան |
Asturian | Escribana nival |
Azerbaijani | Şimal sərçəsi |
Basque | Elur-berdantza |
Bulgarian | Снежна овесарка |
Catalan | sit blanc |
Chinese | 雪鵐 |
Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | Snow Bunting |
Chinese (SIM) | 雪鹀 |
Croatian | bijela strnadica |
Czech | sněhule severní |
Danish | Snespurv |
Dutch | Sneeuwgors |
English | Snow Bunting |
English (United States) | Snow Bunting |
Estonian | hangelind |
Faroese | Snjóspurvur |
Finnish | pulmunen |
French | Plectrophane des neiges |
French (Canada) | Plectrophane des neiges |
French (France) | Bruant des neiges |
Galician | Escribidor das neves |
German | Schneeammer |
Greek | Χιονοτσίχλονο |
Hebrew | גיבתון שלג |
Hungarian | Hósármány |
Icelandic | Snjótittlingur |
Italian | Zigolo delle nevi |
Japanese | ユキホオジロ |
Korean | 흰멧새 |
Latvian | Sniedze |
Lithuanian | Sniegstartė |
Mongolian | Цасч хөмрөг |
Norwegian | snøspurv |
Polish | śnieguła |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Escrevedeira-das-neves |
Romanian | Pasărea omătului |
Russian | Пуночка |
Serbian | Snežna strnadica |
Slovak | snehuľka severská |
Slovenian | Snežni strnad |
Spanish | Escribano Nival |
Spanish (Spain) | Escribano nival |
Swedish | snösparv |
Turkish | Alaca Çinte |
Ukrainian | Пуночка снігова |
Plectrophenax nivalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Emberiza nivalis
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.176.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Lapland.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- PLECTROPHENAX
- nivalis
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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)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Snow Bunting