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Snow bunting feeding (Plectrophenax nivalis) 12129

Sandwich, Kent, England.

 

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, and also Cape Breton Highlands. The snow bunting is the most northerly recorded passerine in the world. Wikipedia.

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Uploaded on December 5, 2019
Taken on December 5, 2019