Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Asturian: Escribana de la Ñeve
Belarusian: Сняжурка
Bulgarian: Снежна / Американска северна овесарка, Снежна овесарка
Breton: Ar brean erc'h
Catalan: Hortolà, Hortolà blanc, Sit blanc, sit blanc/de McKay
Catalan (Balears): Hortolà blanc
Catalan, Valencian: Hortolà
Czech: Snehule severní, Sněhule severní, sněhule severní/americká
Welsh: Aderyn eira, Bras yr eira, Golfan-yr-eira
Danish: Snefinke, Snefugl, Snekok, Snespurv, Snespurv/Alaska Snespurv, Snespuv, Vinterfugl
German: Schnee Spornammer, Schnee-/Beringschneeammer, Schneeammer
Greek: Χιονοτσίχλονο
English: Snow Bunting, Snow Lark, Snow or McKay's Bunting, Snow/McKay's Bunting, snowbird, Snowflake, Whitebird
[ENAV]: Snow/McKay's Bunting
English (United Kingdom): Snowbird, Snow-Bunting, Snowflake
English, HBW: Snow/McKay's Bunting
English (IOC): Snow/McKay's Bunting
English (United States): Snow/McKay's Bunting
Esperanto: Neĝemberizo
Spanish: Escribano lapón, Escribano nival, Escribano Nival/de Mckay
Spanish (Spain): Escribano Nival/de McKay
Spanish (HBW): Snow/McKay's Bunting
Estonian: Hangelind, hangelind/lumelind
Basque: Elur-berdantza, Sit blanc
Finnish: Lumisirkku, Pulmunen, pulmunen/lumipulmunen
Faroese: Snjófuglur, Snjøtítlingur, Snjoufuglur
French: Bruant des neiges, Ortolan des neiges, Plectrophane des neiges, Plectrophane des neiges ou P. blanc
[FRFR]: Bruant des neiges ou Plectrophane blanc, Ortolan de neige
French (Guyane): Plectrophane des neiges ou P. blanc
Irish: Gealóg Shneachta
Gaelic: Eun an t-Sneachda, Eun-t-Sneachdaidh, Gealag an t-sneachda, Ian-Ant'sneachd
Galician: Escribenta das neves, Sit blanc
Manx: Pompee niaghtee, Pompee Sniaghtee
Hebrew: גבתון שלג
Croatian: Bijela strnadica, bijela/berinška strnadica, Sniježni ostrugaš
Hungarian: Hósármány, Hósármány/McKay-sármány
Armenian: [Dzyan Drakhtapan ], Ձյան Դրախտապան
Icelandic: Sniotitlingr, Snjó-/mjalltittlingur, Snjotittlingur, Snjótittlingur, Solskrikia
Italian: Zigolo delle nevi
Inuktitut: Kopenuak, Qupeloraarsuk
Japanese (romaji): Yuki hoo-jiro, yukihoojiro, yukihoojiro/be-ringuyukihoojiro, Yuki-houjiro
Japanese: ユキホオジロ, ユキホオジロ/ベーリングユキホオジロ
Japanese (Kanji): 雪頬白
Kazakh: Ақторғай
Kazakh (Transliteration): aq-torğay
Greenlandic: Koparnauarsuk, Kopenuak, Qupeloraarsuk
Korean: 흰멧새
Korean (Transliteration): huin-mes-sae
Cornish: Pluven ergh
Scientific: Emberiza fusciceps, Emberiza glacialis, Emberiza montana, Emberiza mustellina, Emberiza nivalis, Plectrophenax [nivalis or hyperboreus], Plectrophenax nivalis, Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis, Plectrophenax nivalis/hyperboreus
Luxembourgish: Schnéimësch
Limburgish: Ortolaan
Lithuanian: Sniegstarte, Sniegstartė
Latvian: Sniedze, Sniegastērste
Mongolian: Цасч хөмрөг
Mongolian (Transliteration): tuiliŋ tsasch-khömrög
Maltese: Durrajsa Bajda
Dutch: De Sneeuwgors, Sneeuwgors, Sneeuwgors/McKays Sneeuwgors
Norwegian: Snefugl, Snespurv, Snetitting, Snospurv, Snøspurv, snøspurv/hvitspurv
Polish: Śnieguła, śnieguła (zwyczajna), Śnieguła biala, śnieguła zwyczajna, śnieguła/śnieguła biała, Snieguta, Śnieżka
Pinyin: xuě wú
Portuguese: escrevedeira das neves, Escrevedeira-das-neves
Portuguese (Portugal): escrevedeira-das-neves/escrevedeira-hiperbórea
Rhaeto-Romance: Marena da naiv
Romanian: Pasărea omătului
Romance (Other): Marena da naiv
Russian: Podoroschnik, Punochka, Обыкновенная пуночка, Пуночка, Пуночка обыкновенная, Пуночка/Белая пуночка
Northern Sami: Állat
Slovak: snehuľka severská, snehuľka severská/biela, Strnádka snežná, strnádka snežná (snehuľka severská)
Slovenian: snežni strnad
Serbian: Snežna strnadica, Snežna/Mekejeva snežna strnadica, Снежна стрнадица
Swedish: Snösparf, Snosparv, Snösparv, snösparv/beringsnösparv
Turkish: Alaca Çinte, Alaca çinte/Alaska çintesi, Alaca kirazkuşu, Kar çintesi
Tuvinian: Харлыг сулажы
Ukrainian: Пуночка, Пуночка снігова/полярна
Chinese: [xue wu], 雪鹀, 雪鹀/麦氏鹀
Chinese (Traditional): 雪鵐, 雪鹀/麦氏鹀
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 雪鵐
Chinese (Taiwan): 雪鹀