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Plectrophenax or Plectrophanes nivalis
Snowbird Snow"bird, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) An arctic finch (Plectrophenax, or Plectrophanes, nivalis) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight. (b) Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in winter time, especially J. hyemalis in the Eastern United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See Junco. (c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]

Meaning of Plectrophenax from wikipedia

- Plectrophenax is a small genus of p****erine birds of the longspur family Calcariidae. The genus Plectrophenax was introduced in 1882 by the Norwegian...
- The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) is a p****erine bird in the family Calcariidae. It is an Arctic specialist, with a cir****polar Arctic breeding...
- Plectrophenax veterior is an extinct species of bunting: a p****erine bird in the genus Plectrophenax that inhabited Hungary during the Neogene period....
- McKay's bunting (Plectrophenax hyperboreus) is a p****erine bird in the longspur family Calcariidae. It is most closely related to the snow bunting (P...
- bunting, Cyanocompsa parellina Lark bunting, Calamospiza melanocorys Plectrophenax, snow and McKay's buntings Lapland longspur or Lapland bunting, Calcarius...
- Miocene became drier and cooler. Three genera—Calcarius (longspurs), Plectrophenax (snow-buntings), and Rhynchophanes—are recognised. Genetic analysis...
- Calcariidae Calcarius Plectrophenax Rhynchophanes Calyptophilidae Calyptophilus Cardinalidae Amaurospiza Cardinalis Caryothraustes Chlorothraupis Cyanocompsa...
- Calcariidae Calcarius Plectrophenax Rhynchophanes Calyptophilidae Calyptophilus Cardinalidae Amaurospiza Cardinalis Caryothraustes Chlorothraupis Cyanocompsa...
- Calcariidae Calcarius Plectrophenax Rhynchophanes Calyptophilidae Calyptophilus Cardinalidae Amaurospiza Cardinalis Caryothraustes Chlorothraupis Cyanocompsa...
- Calcarius ornatus (A) Smith's longspur, Calcarius pictus (A) Snow bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis (A) Order: P****eriformes   Family: Emberizidae Emberizidae is...