Pyrgilauda
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| Pyrgilauda | |
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| File:Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary East Sikkim India 18.10.2015.jpg | |
| Rufous-necked snowfinch (Pyrgilauda ruficollis) | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passeridae |
| Genus: | Pyrgilauda Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Pyrgilauda davidiana (Père David's snowfinch) Verreaux, 1871
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Pyrgilauda is a genus of passerine birds in the sparrow family Passeridae. They are found in the Himalayas, Tibet and western China.
The genus name was introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850.[1][2] The type species was designated by Jules Verreaux in 1871 as Père David's snowfinch.[3] The name is a portmanteau of the genera Pyrgita Cuvier 1817, "sparrow", and Alauda Linnaeus, 1758, "lark".[4]
The genus contains four species:[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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| Pyrgilauda theresae | Afghan snowfinch | Afghanistan | |
| File:Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary East Sikkim India 18.10.2015.jpg | Pyrgilauda ruficollis | Rufous-necked snowfinch | Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan. |
| File:Pyrgilauda davidiana.JPG | Pyrgilauda davidiana | Père David's snowfinch | Mongolia, southern Siberia and northern China |
| File:Blanford's Snowfinch at Startsapuk Tso, near Tsokar, Ladakh, India.jpg | Pyrgilauda blanfordi | Blanford's snowfinch | China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan |
These species are sometimes included in the genus Montifringilla.
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