Genus
Plectrophenax (Snow and mckay’s buntings)
Plectrophenax nivalis. Photo: (c) Donna Pomeroy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Plectrophenax is a small genus of passerine birds of the longspur family Calcariidae. The genus name Plectrophenax is from Ancient Greek plektron, “cock’s spur”, and phenax “imposter”.