White-rumped Snowfinch

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White-rumped Snowfinch

An 1876 illustration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Suborder:	Passeri
Infraorder:	Passerida
Superfamily:	Passeroidea
Family:	Passeridae
Genus:	Montifringilla
Species:	M. taczanowskii
Binomial name
*Montifringilla taczanowskii* Przewalski, 1876
Synonyms
Onychospiza taczanowskii protonym Onychostruthus taczanowskii Pyrgilauda taczanowskii (Przewalski, 1876)

The White-rumped Snowfinch (Montifringilla taczanowskii) is a species of bird in the sparrow family. It is found in China, Pakistan, India, and Nepal. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and temperate grassland.

References

↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Montifringilla taczanowskii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

External links

Images and Classification at Animal Diversity Web

v t e Sparrows (family: Passeridae)

Genus	Species

Hypocryptadius	Cinnamon Ibon

Passer	Saxaul Sparrow House Sparrow 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 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Sudan Golden Sparrow Arabian Golden Sparrow Chestnut Sparrow Passer predomesticus

Petronia	Yellow-spotted Petronia Yellow-throated Sparrow Yellow-throated Petronia Bush Petronia Rock Sparrow

Carpospiza	Pale Rockfinch

Montifringilla (snowfinches)	White-winged Snowfinch Henri's Snowfinch Tibetan Snowfinch or Black-winged Snowfinch White-rumped Snowfinch Père David's Snowfinch Rufous-necked Snowfinch Blanford's Snowfinch Afghan Snowfinch

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