Snow bunting

| genus = Plectrophenax | species = nivalis | authority = (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonyms = *''Emberiza nivalis'' *''Passerina nivalis'' | range_map = Plectrophenax nivalis map.svg | range_map_caption = }}

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, as well as the Cape Breton Highlands. The snow bunting is the most northerly recorded passerine in the world. Provided by Wikipedia