Pyrgilauda

<i>Pyrgilauda</i>

Pyrgilauda

Genus of birds

Pyrgilauda is a genus of passerine birds in the sparrow family Passeridae. They are found in the Himalayas, Tibet and western China.

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The genus name was introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850.[1][2] The type species was designated by Jules Verreaux in 1871 as Père David's snowfinch.[3] The name is a portmanteau of the genera Pyrgita Cuvier 1817, "sparrow", and Alauda Linnaeus, 1758, "lark".[4]

The genus contains four species:[5]

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These species are sometimes included in the genus Montifringilla.

References

  1. [1]
    Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). Conspectus Generum Avium (in Latin). Vol. 1, Part 3. Leiden: E.J. Brill. p. 511.
  2. [2]
    Mlíkovský, Jiří (2014). "Correct authorship of the genus Pyrgilauda (Aves: Passeridae)". Zootaxa. 3795 (1): 96–98. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3795.1.11. PMID 24870463.
  3. [3]
    Verreaux, Jules (1871). "Note sur les espèces nouvelles d'oiseaux recueillis par M. L'Abbé Armand David dans les montagnes du Thibet Chinois". Bulletin des Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. 6: 33–40 [40].
  4. [4]
    Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 326. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. [5]
    Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Old World sparrows, snowfinches, weavers". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 31 January 2022.


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