Pere David's Snowfinch
Pyrgilauda davidianaVerreaux, JP, 1871
English (US) Pere David's Snowfinch
The Pere David's Snowfinch (Pyrgilauda davidiana) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Passeridae (Snowfinches and Old World Sparrows) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Pyrgilauda davidiana
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pere David's Snowfinch
- Described by
- Verreaux, JP, 1871
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Pyrgilauda davidiana potanini
- Pyrgilauda davidiana davidiana
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Verreaux, JP, 1871
- Type locality
- 'Mountains of Chinese Tibet' ; the type is from 'the plains of Mongolia in the Ourato [= Suiyuan, Inner Mongolia], according to Verreaux (1872, ihid., 7 (1871), bull., p. 63).
- Original description
- Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, Bulletin 6, fasc.4 p.40
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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