McKay's Bunting
Plectrophenax hyperboreus
Family: Longspurs and snow buntings
McKay's Bunting is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
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It breeds on two islands in the Bering Sea, St. Matthew and Hall islands, and winters on the western coast of Alaska.
This bunting nests on shingle beaches in hollow drift logs and rock crevices.
Winters on coastal marshes, shingle beaches, and agricultural fields.