Old World Sparrows (Passeridae) - HBW 14
Black-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi)
French: Niverolle du Tibet
German: Adamsschneesperling
Spanish: Gorrión de Adams
Other common names: Adams's Snowfinch
Taxonomy: Montifringilla Adamsi Adams, 1859, Ladakh, India.
Forms a superspecies with M. nivalis and M. henrici, and all have in the past sometimes been considered conspecific. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- adamsi Adams, 1859 - N Kashmir and Ladakh NE along N Tibetan Plateau to Kunlun Shan (in Xinjiang), and SE along Himalayan chain to Sikkim (N India).
- xerophila Stegmann, 1932 - C China from NE Qinghai (Qilian Shan) S to E Tibetan Plateau and SC Sichuan (Litang).
- Least Concern
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A bird moving in rocks Heka, Qinghai, China (Northern) (ssp xerophila)
Keith Blomerley 5 August 2005 3 years ago 24 sec 4 -
A bird running and flying Roergai, Sichuan, China (Northern) (ssp xerophila)
Josep del Hoyo 17 May 2002 4 years ago 18 sec 3
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