Snow/McKay's Bunting - Sulli Gibson

ML303586151

Snow/McKay's Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis/hyperboreus

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Location

Kasilof--Kasilof River Mouth
Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 60.3859137, -151.302166
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

Circled bird; overall whitish streaked mantle and rump. I feel like a bird like this could possibly be a female MKBU and it matches well some of the skins in Jack Withrow's paper, but it's just too close to call for me, especially in an extralimital location. Could it be within variation of SNBU?

Technical information

Model
ILCE-6500
Lens
FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
ISO
500
Focal length
400 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/6.3
Shutter speed
1/2000 sec
Dimensions
1982 pixels x 1321 pixels
Original file size
2.4 MB