
Snow and McKay's Buntings
Plectrophenax
Plectrophenax is a small genus of passerine birds of the longspur family Calcariidae. The genus name Plectrophenax is from Ancient Greek plektron, "cock’s spur", and phenax "imposter".
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Snow Bunting
speciesPlectrophenax nivalis

McKay's Bunting
speciesPlectrophenax hyperboreus
McKay's × Snow Bunting
hybridPlectrophenax hyperboreus × nivalis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 14118.