Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)
Small Ground-sparrow (Pyrgilauda davidiana) - HBW 14, p. 812
French: Niverolle de David
German: Daviderdsperling
Spanish: Gorrión de David
Other common names: (Père) David's Ground-sparrow/Snowfinch, Mongolian/Small Snowfinch
Taxonomy: Pyrgilauda davidiana J. Verreaux, 1870, "Mountains of Chinese Tibet" = plains of the Ourato (Suiyuan), Inner Mongolia.
Genus often subsumed into Montifringilla. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- potanini Sushkin, 1925 - Russian Altai E to SE Transbaikalia and E Mongolia.
- davidiana J. Verreaux, 1870 - S Mongolia and N China (S & E Nei Mongol S to NE Qinghai).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A juvenile calling Locality Koko Nor Lake, Qinghai, China (Northern) (ssp davidiana)
Keith Blomerley 2 August 2005 5 years ago 25 sec 3.8 -
An adult moving on a mud bank Locality Koko Nor Lake, Qinghai, China (Northern) (ssp davidiana)
Keith Blomerley 2 August 2005 5 years ago 15 sec 3.2
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