Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Passerimorphae > Order Passeriformes > Suborder Passeri > Superfamily Fringilloidea > Family Emberizidae > Genus Plectrophenax

Plectrophenax nivalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PlectrophenaxStejneger, 1882accepted genus name

Species group names

Emberiza nivalis Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bulgarian: Снежна овесарка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: snespurv sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: sneeuwgors
 English: snow bunting
 French: bruant des neiges
 German: Schneeammer
 Greek: Χιονοτσίχλονο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: zigolo delle nevi
 Lithuanian: sniegstartė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: snøspurv sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: snøsporv sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: śnieguła sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: или снегурочка; или снежный подорожник; пуночка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: snežni strnad sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: escribano niva; escribano nival sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: snösparv sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: alaca kiraz kusu; alaca kiraz kuşu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Пуночка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: bras yr eira

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Plectrophenax nivalis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=383228

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Plectrophenax nivalis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/61f4fa2c-4e5a-43a9-9a26-d0c099df483a

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

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Last modified

2011-04-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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