Blanford's snowfinch
Species of bird
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Blanford's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda blanfordi) or the plain-backed snowfinch, is a species of bird in the sparrow family.
| Blanford's snowfinch | |
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| Blanford's Snowfinch at Puga Valley, Ladakh, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passeridae |
| Genus: | Pyrgilauda |
| Species: | P. blanfordi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgilauda blanfordi (Hume, 1876) | |
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It is found in China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.
The species epithet and common name commemorate the English zoologist William Thomas Blanford.[2]
