Blanford's snowfinch
| Blanford's snowfinch | |
|---|---|
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| Blanford's snowfinch at Startsapuk Tso, near Tsokar, Ladakh, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Suborder: | Passeri |
| Infraorder: | Passerida |
| Superfamily: | Passeroidea |
| Family: | Passeridae |
| Genus: | Montifringilla |
| Species: | M. blanfordi |
| Binomial name | |
| Montifringilla blanfordi Hume, 1876 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pyrgilauda blanfordi (Hume, 1876) | |
Blanford's snowfinch or plain-backed snowfinch (Montifringilla blanfordi) is a species of bird in the sparrow family.
It is found in China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.
Its common name commemorates the English zoologist William Thomas Blanford.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Montifringilla blanfordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 55.
- Lei, F.-M.; Wang, A.-Z.; Wang, G.; Yin, Z.-H. (2005). "Vocalization of red-necked snow finch, Pyrgilauda ruficollis on the Tibetan Plateau, China – a syllable taxonomic signal?" (PDF). Folia Zoologica 54 (1–2): 135–146.
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