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Snow Bunting -
(Plectrophenax nivalis)
 

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Identification

  • Small songbird
  • Winter plumage light brown streaked above
  • White below
  • Rufous color on white head
  • Rufous line across upper chest
  • Grey or black back and wings
  • Large white wing patches
  • 6" (15 c.m) 

Habitat

  • Open areas

Additional Information

  • Fairly common winter resident
  • Breeds in high latitudes --artic tundra
  • Usually seen in flocks
  • Mixes with flocks of Horned Larks
  • Sometimes a winter Visitor to the KVR

Snow Bunting on a snow bank

A pair of snow buntings on snow cover

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hoocąk Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hoocąk and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Road 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960

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