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 LC    White-rumped Snowfinch* Id (Atlas):
    Onychostruthus taczanowskii

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
White-rumped Snowfinch, White-rumped Ground-sparrow, Taczanowski's Ground-sparrow, Taczanowski's Snowfinch, Mandelli's Ground-sparrow, Mandelli's Snowfinch

Family
Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)

Size
16.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Przewalski, 1876)

Habitat
Temperate grassland, inland wetlands. From 3,800 - 4,900 m, occasionally up to 5,500 m.

Range (Guide)
China (mainland), India, Nepal.

South-eastern Ladakh and southern and eastern Tibetan Plateau east to north-eastern Qinghai (Qilian Mts and area around Qinghai Hu), south-western Gansu and north-western Sichuan, in central China, and south to northern Nepal and Sikkim.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
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White-rumped Snowfinch (Onychostruthus taczanowskii) [XC816499]
     by id from Yu Shu Zang Zu Zi Zhi Zhou, Qing Hai Sheng, China (song)

 
White-rumped Snowfinch (Onychostruthus taczanowskii) [XC111003]
     by Tomas Carlberg from Sichuan; Flower Lake on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau, nr Ruo Er Gai, China (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

On basis of recent studies, some authorities consider this species sufficiently differentiated in behaviour and molecular genetics from the other ground-sparrows to warrant placement in a separate genus, Onychostruthus. However, differences are marginal, and it is retained in present genus pending further study.


References
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Files:
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