Montifringilla
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Montifringilla is a genus of passerine birds in the sparrow family Passeridae. It is one of three genera containing the snowfinches. As the English and scientific names suggest, these are high-altitude species, found in the mountain ranges of southern Eurasia, from the Pyrenees east to the Himalayas, Tibet and western China.[2]
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Montifringilla | |
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White-winged snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Passeridae |
Genus: | Montifringilla Brehm, CL, 1828 |
Type species | |
Fringilla nivalis[1] Linnaeus, 1766 | |
Diversity | |
3 species | |
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