Species profile
Plain-backed Snowfinch
Pyrgilauda blanfordi
Quick answer
Breeding regions are PAL. Breeding subregions are sc Palearctic in Tibetan Plateau alpine stony and grassy steppe: se Xinjiang e through Qinghai, in s from n, e Ladakh, n Nepal, n Sikkim e to nw Sichuan.
- Scientific name
- Pyrgilauda blanfordi
- Family
- Passeridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Pyrgilauda
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Plain-backed Snowfinch in your journal
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Related species in Passeridae
- Abd al Kuri Sparrow (Passer hemileucus)
- Afghan Snowfinch (Pyrgilauda theresae)
- Angroyan cyanopterus (Angroyan cyanopterus)
- Arabian Golden Sparrow (Passer euchlorus)
- Austrartamus melanops (Austrartamus melanops)
- Black-capped Social-Weaver (Pseudonigrita cabanisi)
- Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus)
- Chestnut Sparrow (Passer eminibey)