Snow bunting: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the snow bunting lives – recorded in 23 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Plectrophenax nivalis
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	23 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Emberizidae

Where does the snow bunting live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the snow bunting in 23 countries and territories across Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the snow bunting endangered?

The snow bunting’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the snow bunting?

The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Emberizidae, genus Plectrophenax. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the snow bunting

The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) is a passerine bird in the family Calcariidae. It is an Arctic specialist, with a circumpolar Arctic breeding range throughout the northern hemisphere. There are small isolated populations on a few high mountain tops south of the Arctic region, including the Cairngorms in central Scotland and the Saint Elias Mountains on the southern Alaska-Yukon border, as well as the Cape Breton Highlands. The snow bunting is the most northerly recorded passerine in the world.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Snow bunting (revision 1375980526), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q26416 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).