Blanford's snowfinch
Blanford's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda blanfordi) or the plain-backed snowfinch, is a species of bird in the sparrow family.
| Blanford's snowfinch | |
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| Blanford's snowfinch at Startsapuk Tso, near Tsokar, Ladakh, India | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passeridae |
| Genus: | Pyrgilauda |
| Species: | P. blanfordi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgilauda blanfordi (Hume, 1876) | |
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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 (2016). "Pyrgilauda blanfordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
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