Plain-backed Snowfinch

Plain-backed Snowfinch
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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
Pyrgilauda blanfordi (Hume, 1876)

The Plain-backed Snowfinch or Blanford's 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.

References

• BirdLife International (2004). "Montifringilla blanfordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2006. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/53100. Retrieved 26 July 2007. 
• 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?". Folia Zoologica 54 (1–2): 135–146. http://www.ivb.cz/folia/54/1-2/135-146.pdf. 

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