White-winged snowfinch

White-winged snowfinch
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passeridae
Genus: Montifringilla
Species:
M. nivalis
Binomial name
Montifringilla nivalis
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Range of M. nivalis
  Resident
  Non-breeding
Synonyms
  • Fringilla nivalis Linnaeus, 1766

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.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Montifringilla nivalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103819582A111173412. Retrieved 30 August 2020.