Species profile
Tibetan Snowfinch
Montifringilla adamsi
Quick answer
Breeding regions are PAL. Breeding subregions are sc Palearctic in Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe near water, villages: Ladakh (nw India) through w Tibet, in s to n Nepal and n Sikkim; ne Qinghai, w Gansu s to e Tibet and sc Sichuan. Non breeding regions are nomadic but remaining at high elevations.
- Scientific name
- Montifringilla adamsi
- Family
- Passeridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Montifringilla
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Tibetan Snowfinch in your journal
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- Black-capped Social-Weaver (Pseudonigrita cabanisi)
- Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus)
- Chestnut Sparrow (Passer eminibey)