Species profile
White-rumped Snowfinch
Onychostruthus taczanowskii
Quick answer
Breeding regions are PAL. Breeding subregions are sc Palearctic in Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe: high-montane se Ladakh (far nw India), w to e Tibet, ne Qinghai and s Gansu, s to nw Sichuan (c China) and s to nw Nepal and n Sikkim. Non breeding regions are to somewhat lower elevations and settlements.
- Scientific name
- Onychostruthus taczanowskii
- Family
- Passeridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Onychostruthus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording White-rumped Snowfinch in your journal
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