Small Snowfinch (Pyrgilauda davidiana)

Other Names (World)
Small Snowfinch, Small Ground-sparrow, David's Ground-sparrow, David's Snowfinch, Pere David's Ground-sparrow, Pere David's Snowfinch, Pere David's Snowfinch, Mongolian Snowfinch

Family
Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)

Size
12.70 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Verreaux, 1871)

Habitat
Temperate desert and grassland. From 1,000 - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland), India, Mongolia, Russia (Central Asian) (B) (NB).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (33)...)

Pere David's Snowfinch (Pyrgilauda davidiana) [XC750912]
by Magnus Hellstr\u00f6m from Buyant, Khovd, Mongolia (call)

Pere David's Snowfinch (Pyrgilauda davidiana) [XC206266]
by Magnus Hellstr\u00f6m from Galuut, Galuut, Bayankhongor, Mongolia (song)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

potanini Sushkin, 1925 - Russian Altai east to south-eastern Transbaikalia and eastern Mongolia.
davidiana (Verreaux, 1871) - Southern Mongolia and northern China (southern and eastern Nei Mongol south to north-eastern Qinghai).

References
See References.

Files:

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