Black-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi)

Other Names (World)
Black-winged Snowfinch, Adams's Snowfinch

Family
Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Adams, 1858

Habitat
Rocky areas. From 3,500 - 5,200 m.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland), India, Nepal, Pakistan.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

Black-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi) [XC826643]
by Sandip das from 33.32816522920132, 77.99718413838815, India (call)

Black-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi) [XC324584]
by Peter Boesman from c35km west of RuoErGai, Sichuan, China (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with White-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis) and Tibetan Snowfinch (Montifringilla henrici), and all have in the past sometimes been considered conspecific.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

adamsi Adams, 1858 - Northern Kashmir and Ladakh north-eastern along northern Tibetan Plateau to Kunlun Shan (in Xinjiang), and south-eastern along Himalayan chain to Sikkim (northern India).
xerophila Stegmann, 1932 - Central China from north-eastern Qinghai (Qilian Shan) south to eastern Tibetan Plateau and south-central Sichuan (Litang).

References
See References.

Files:

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