Chunky ground-dwelling bird with a short conical bill. Breeding males are mostly white with a black back.
Medium-sized full-bodied songbird with a small conical bill. Breeding females have a dark and streaky back with a dusky head and white underparts.
Males sing a low, husky warble on the breeding grounds.
Small-billed sparrowlike bird. Nonbreeding males are white below with rusty patches on the head, "ear," and shoulders. Its back is dark and streaky.
Sparrowlike bird with a small conical bill. Nonbreeding females have rusty patches on the head, "ear," and chest. The back is dark with rusty streaks.
Forages for seeds, picking them from vegetation or from the ground.
Juveniles are grayish overall with darker wings and a paler belly.
Distinctive plumage pattern in flight. On males the outer wings are dark while the inner wings are white. The outer tail feathers also flash white in flight.
Breeds in the high arctic in rocky areas.
Forms flocks with other Snow Buntings during winter where they tend to blend in with their surroundings. Forages in fields or along lake shores.
Breeds in rocky areas in the tundra. Nests on the ground in rock crevices.
Tends to crouch low to the ground, blending in with the background.
A medium-sized, full-bodied songbird with a small conical bill.
Larger than a Dark-eyed Junco, smaller than an American Robin.
between sparrow and robinLongspurs and Snow Buntings(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Calcariidae)
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