Breeding male © Mike Greenfelder eBird S58134785 Macaulay Library ML 169196061
Nonbreeding female © Andrew Spencer
Nonbreeding male © Lucas DeCicco
Juvenile © Bryce Robinson
Breeding female © Herb Elliott
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Breeding male © Victor Stoll
Nonbreeding male (with Snow Bunting) © Ben Lagasse
Nonbreeding female © Liron Gertsman
Breeding male © Pete Morris

hvitspurv Plectrophenax hyperboreus

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Identifikasjon

DREVET AV MERLIN

Rare white snowball shrouded in mystery. Nonbreeding birds have buffy fringes to head and back feathers that wear to white by spring. Breeding males almost pure white except for limited black in wings. Breeding females have dark streaking on back. Breeds almost exclusively on St. Matthew Island in the Bering Sea; winters on the coast of western Alaska. Very similar to Snow Bunting but paler, usually with white rump; intermediate birds may be hybrids.

DREVET AV MERLIN