Afghan Snowfinch
Pyrgilauda theresae(Meinertzhagen, R, 1937)
English (US) Afghan Snowfinch
The Afghan Snowfinch (Pyrgilauda theresae) 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.
Range: Hindu Kush Mountains (Afghanistan)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pyrgilauda theresae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Afghan Snowfinch
- Described by
- (Meinertzhagen, R, 1937)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Montifringilla theresae
- Described by
- (Meinertzhagen, R, 1937)
- Type locality
- Shibar Pass, northern Afghanistan.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 58 p.10
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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