| Montifringilla | |
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| White-winged snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passeridae |
| Genus: | Montifringilla Brehm, CL, 1828 |
| Type species | |
| Fringilla nivalis[1] Linnaeus, 1766
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| Diversity | |
| 3 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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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]
- ^ "Passeridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Clement, Harris & Davis 1993.