McKay's Bunting
Plectrophenax hyperboreusRidgway, R, 1884
English (US) McKay's Bunting
The McKay's Bunting (Plectrophenax hyperboreus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Calcariidae (Longspurs and Snow Buntings) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: breeds islands in Bering Sea; winters to coastal Alaska and Aleutian IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Plectrophenax hyperboreus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- McKay's Bunting
- Described by
- Ridgway, R, 1884
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Ridgway, R, 1884
- Type locality
- St. Michael Island, south shore of Norton Sound, Alaska.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum 7, no.412 p.68
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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