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Snow Bunting - Plectrophenax nivalis - Sneeuwgors
North-Holarctic.
The following 4 subspecies are being recognized:
Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis - Northern North-America and North-Europe. Winters to South-USA and South-Europe;
Plectrophenax nivalis insulae - Iceland. Winters to Faeroes, Shetland Islands and North-Scotland;
Plectrophenax nivalis vlasowae - Tundra of Northeast-Asia. Winters to Central-Asia, Manchuria and Japan;
Plectrophenax nivalis townsendi - Komandorskiye, Pribilof and West-Aleutian Islands.
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.