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    Snow Bunting

    (Plectrophenax nivalis)

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    Alert Status: Amber
     

    Identifying Features: Snow buntings are large buntings, with striking 'snowy' plumages. Males in summer have all white heads and underparts contrasting with a black mantle and wing tips. Females are a more mottled above. Snow Buntings become buffy and streaky in the winter.
    Average Length:  15 cm
    Average Lifespan: 3 years
    Average Wingspan: 25-30 cm

     

    Beak type: Seeds
     

    Feeding:
    Natural: Seeds and insects

     

    Nesting: Snow Buntings build their nests in rock crevices on bare mountain slopes or rocky shores and lay four to six eggs.
     

    Where to see: Breeds in small numbers in the Scottish Highlands. Winters around the coasts of northern and eastern Britain.

    Snow Bunting song by Peter Boesman, Xeno
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