Tibetan Snowfinch (Montifringilla henrici) [XC391755]
by Peter Boesman from Er La pass, Qinghai, China (song)
Tibetan Snowfinch (Montifringilla henrici) [XC491328]
by Peter Boesman from Er La pass, Qinghai, China (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Not recognised as a species by BirdLife International. Considered a subspecies of White-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis).
Forms a superspecies with White-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis) and Black-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi), and all have in the past sometimes been considered conspecific. Often treated as a subspecies of White-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis), and sometimes of Black-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi), but overlaps with latter without interbreeding in parts of its range.