Old World Sparrows (Passeridae) - HBW 14

Tibetan Snowfinch (Montifringilla henrici)

French: Niverolle de Henri German: Spanish: Gorrión de Henri

Taxonomy: Eurhinospiza Henrici Oustalet, 1892, "plateau du Tibet" = Dichi (Diti) east of the Tengri Nor, Xizang, China.
Forms a superspecies with M. nivalis and M. adamsi, and all have in the past sometimes been considered conspecific. Often treated as a race of M. nivalis, and sometimes of M. adamsi, but overlaps with latter without interbreeding in parts of its range. Monotypic.

Distribution: E Tibetan Plateau from Qinghai Hu (NE Qinghai) S in band 100-250 km broad to Ku-la Shan, NE of Lhasa (Xizang).