Amauligaq • Snow Bunting

Bird - Plectrophenax nivalis

The Snow Bunting lives in very high altitudes on the Arctic tundra and during breeding season it looks for rocky habitats. Their diets include foraging for seeds, grasses and lichen except when feeding the young in which they are fed exclusively by invertebrates.

Main Photo Credit: Snowbunting by Donna Dewhurst, 2010. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_bunting#/media/File:Plectrophenax_nivalis1.jpg. Image in Public Domain.

Cree

Term Dialect
Waapiyekushiish Northern East Cree, Southern East Cree
Wâpalakošîš L-dialect Cree
Wâpayakusîs Southern East Cree

Dene

Term Dialect
Béhdzı K’áshogot’ıne (Hare, North Slavey)
Pohk'áa Shıhgot’ıne (Mountain, North Slavey)
Wugaał sęy Tanacross
Xgeek Tanacross

English

Term Dialect
Snow Bunting Standard English

Français

Term Dialect
Bruant des neiges Français canadien

Greenlandic

Term Dialect
Qupaloraarsuk Kalaallisut

Innu-aimun

Term Dialect
Uapiniushish Innu-aimun
Uapishush Innu-aimun
Uapitshiminikushish Innu-aimun

Inuktut

Term Dialect
Amauligaq Kivallirmiutut, Aivilingmiutut
Amauligâk Nunatsiavummiutut
Amaulikkaaq Kangiryuarmiutun, Inuinnaqtun
Amaulligaaq Nunavimmiutitut - Sanikiluarmiut
Qupannuaq Aivilingmiutut
Qupannuarjuk Aivilingmiutut

Inupiaq

Term Dialect
Avatalik North Alaskan Iñupiaq

Yupik

Term Dialect
Am’arulkarar(aq) Central Alaskan Yup'ik

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