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Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalis

The Snow Bunting is the quintessential winter songbird visitor with a high-latitude breeding range that exceeds that of all other North American passerines. It is a regular migrant and winter visitor in Massachusetts most often encountered on wide open fields or among sand dunes along the coast.
Conservation Status
No data

Tracking This Bird In Massachusetts

Climate Vulnerability Score

No data
Mass Audubon Mean likelihood of occurrence (current)
Mass Audubon Mean likelihood of occurrence (2050)
Mass Audubon Absolute change in likelihood of occurrence
no data
U.S. Forest Service Climate Change Bird Atlas (Hadly Hi emissions scenario)a
No data available
National Audubon Societyb
No data available
a USFS model data for Massachusetts by 2100
b National Audubon Society's Climate Change Atlas was completed on a continental scale.

Breeding Bird Atlas

Atlas I Blocks
Atlas II Blocks
Percent of state occupied - Atlas I
0
Percent of state occupied - Atlas II
0
Percent change
0

Breeding Bird Survey

Annual trend 1966-2010
P-value
Number of routes
Recent trend 2000-2010

Christmas Bird Count

Trend (1963-2008)
0.2
Significantly different than zero
no
Trend (1963-1979)
-0.5
Significantly different than zero
no
Trend (1979-2008)
2.1
Significantly different than zero
no

Habitat Usage

Breeding

Does not breed in Massachusetts

Wintering

Coastal, Grassland