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==Identification==
 
==Identification==

Revision as of 06:14, 24 February 2009

Plectrophenax hyperboreus
Photo by shishmarefbirder
Location: Shishmaref, AK
Male in breeding plumage.
Photo by shishmarefbirder
Location: Shishmaref, AK

Identification

Distribution

Nests on St. Matthew Island and Hall Island, in the Bering Sea and winters along the western coast of Alaska.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Plectrophenax
Species: Plectrophenax hyperboreus

Habitat

Behaviour

External Links

http://www.aba.org/birding/v37n6p618.pdf

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