Snow Bunting

Plectrophenax nivalis

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Snespurv

Short abstract from the book:
The snow bunting is a common passage migrant and winter visitor in Denmark. The first snow bunting was ringed in Denmark in 1925, with the highest numbers ringed in the 1960s. The recovered birds were ringed from 30 November to 18 March, nearly all in Bygholm Vejle in northwest Jutland. No foreign birds have been recovered in Denmark. Only one of the ringed birds has been recovered in the breeding area. This bird was ringed in the Danish Wadden Sea in March 1961 and recovered in Iceland on 10 May the same year. The other recoveries indicate that some of the birds remain at the same location for up to 44 days. One of the birds ringed in northwest Jutland was recovered in Schleswig-Holstein later the same winter. The recoveries indicate some degree of winter site philopatry, since six birds were recovered at the ringing site a year after ringing and two birds in the subsequent year.

Read more about the species in the chapter from The Danish Bird Migration Atlas here

Ringing data for Snow Bunting

 
Datavisning: genmeldinger    genmeldinger/mærkninger    mærkninger
Sæson: alle    vinter    forår    sommer    efterår
Periode: alle    før 2003    2003 og frem    seneste 365 dage


Data

Birds ringed
Birds ringed 1.230
Ringed as chicks 0 (0,0%)
Recoveries
No. of recoveries 119
No. of individuals 0
Proportion recovered 0,0%