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Range Map for Snow Bunting

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Medium-distance migrant. Migrates in loose flocks numbering in the teens to the thousands. Sometimes flocks with Lapland and Smith's Longspurs during migration.

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Lapland Longspur

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Species in This Family

Longspurs and Snow Buntings(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Calcariidae)

Lapland Longspur

Chestnut-collared Longspur

Smith's Longspur

Thick-billed Longspur

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