White-winged snowfinch | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Passeridae |
Genus: | Montifringilla |
Species: | M. nivalis
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Binomial name | |
Montifringilla nivalis (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Range of M. nivalis Resident Non-breeding
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The white-winged snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis), or snowfinch, is a small passerine bird. Despite its name, it is a sparrow rather than a true finch.