Black-winged snowfinch
Species of bird
Black-winged snowfinch | |
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Black-winged snowfinch, Ladakh, India | |
Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Passeridae |
Genus: | Montifringilla |
Species: | M. adamsi |
Binomial name | |
Montifringilla adamsi Adams, 1859 |
The black-winged snowfinch or Adams's snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi),[2] is a species of bird in the sparrow family.
It is found in China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is commonly resident in the Tibetan plateau region of north-western Nepal, where it spends the summer at elevations of 4,200–5,100 metres (13,800–16,700 ft) and the winter at 2,530–3,445 metres (8,301–11,302 ft), on open stony hillsides, on plateau and near villages.[3]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Montifringilla adamsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22718326A132116930. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22718326A132116930.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. Bloomsbury. 19 March 2020. p. 15. ISBN 9781472982698.
- ^ Grimmett, Richard; Inskipp, Carol; Inskipp, Tim (2000). Birds of Nepal. London: Christopher Helm Ltd. ISBN 0-7136-5166-0.
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Old World sparrows (family: Passeridae)
Species
- Saxaul sparrow
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- Spanish sparrow
- Italian sparrow
- Sind sparrow
- Somali sparrow
- Russet sparrow or cinnamon sparrow
- Plain-backed sparrow or Pegu sparrow
- Dead Sea sparrow
- Great sparrow
- Socotra sparrow
- Abd al-Kuri sparrow
- Kenya sparrow
- Kordofan sparrow
- Shelley's sparrow
- Iago sparrow
- Cape sparrow
- Northern grey-headed sparrow
- Swainson's sparrow
- Parrot-billed sparrow
- Swahili sparrow
- Southern grey-headed sparrow
- Desert sparrow
- Zarudny's sparrow
- Eurasian tree sparrow
- Sudan golden sparrow
- Arabian golden sparrow
- Chestnut sparrow
- Passer predomesticus
- White-winged snowfinch
- Tibetan snowfinch
- Black-winged snowfinch
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