Pyrgilauda_blanfordi

Blanford's snowfinch

Blanford's snowfinch

Species of bird

Blanford's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda blanfordi) or the plain-backed snowfinch, is a species of bird in the sparrow family.

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It is found in China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.

The species epithet and common name commemorate the English zoologist William Thomas Blanford.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    BirdLife International (2016). "Pyrgilauda blanfordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22718339A94576200. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718339A94576200.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 55.


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