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A female snow bunting wintering atop Mount Agamenticus in York, ME. The snow bunting is a sexually dimorphic, medium-sized passerine bird. It is ground-dwelling, and walks, runs and can hop if needed. [7] It is fairly large and long-winged for a bunting. It measures 15 cm with a wingspan of 32–38 cm (13–15 in) and weights 30 to 40 grams.
A snow bunting in Alaska. This species breeds mainly in the Arctic tundra and winters in northern temperate areas. The range of the family is extensive. Of the six species within the family, the snow bunting and Lapland longspur are found both in both North America and Eurasia; the other four species are found only in North America. [3]
The birds often catch insects in mid-air, but do forage through vegetation when climatic conditions prevent the insects from flying. [18] Longspurs can consume between 3000 and 10,000 prey items (insects or seeds) per day, depending on their energy needs ; they may need to increase this number by 3000 when feeding the young. [ 19 ]
Snow bunting: 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 Plectrophenax hyperboreus: McKay's bunting: Bering Sea, St. Matthew and Hall islands, and winters on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska
The thick-billed longspur, also known as McCown's longspur (Rhynchophanes mccownii), is a small ground-feeding bird in the family Calcariidae, which also contains the other longspurs and snow buntings. It is found in North America and is the only species in the genus Rhynchophanes.
The ortolan bunting is 16–17 cm (6.3–6.7 in) in length and has a wing-span of 23–29 cm (9.1–11.4 in). [9] In appearance and habits it much resembles its relative the yellowhammer , but lacks the bright colouring of that species; the ortolan's head, for instance, is greenish-grey, instead of a bright yellow.
Snow bunting. Order: Passeriformes Family: Calcariidae. The Calcariidae are a group of passerine birds that had been traditionally grouped with the New World sparrows, but differ in a number of respects and are usually found in open grassy areas. Four species of Calcariidae have been recorded in Georgia. Lapland longspur, Calcarius lapponicus
Scolopacidae is a large and diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds which includes the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers, and phalaropes. Most eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or sand.