Pyrgilauda

Pyrgilauda is a genus of passerine birds in the sparrow family Passeridae. They are found in the Himalayas, Tibet and western China.

Pyrgilauda
Rufous-necked snowfinch (Pyrgilauda ruficollis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passeridae
Genus: Pyrgilauda
Bonaparte, 1850
Type species
Pyrgilauda davidiana (Père David's snowfinch)
Verreaux, 1871
Species

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The genus name was introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850.[1][2] The type species was designated by Jules Verreaux in 1871 as Père David's snowfinch.[3] The name is a portmanteau of the genera Pyrgita Cuvier 1817, "sparrow", and Alauda Linnaeus, 1758, "lark".[4]

The genus contains four species:[5]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Pyrgilauda theresae Afghan snowfinch Afghanistan
Pyrgilauda ruficollis Rufous-necked snowfinch Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan.
Pyrgilauda davidianaPère David's snowfinchMongolia, southern Siberia and northern China
Pyrgilauda blanfordiBlanford's snowfinchChina, India, Nepal, and Pakistan

These species are sometimes included in the genus Montifringilla.

References
  1. Bonaparte, Charles Lucian (1850). Conspectus Generum Avium (in Latin). Vol. 1, Part 3. Leiden: E.J. Brill. p. 511.
  2. Mlíkovský, Jiří (2014). "Correct authorship of the genus Pyrgilauda (Aves: Passeridae)". Zootaxa. 3795 (1): 96–98. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3795.1.11. PMID 24870463.
  3. Verreaux, Jules (1871). "Note sur les espèces nouvelles d'oiseaux recueillis par M. L'Abbé Armand David dans les montagnes du Thibet Chinois". Bulletin des Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. 6: 33–40 [40].
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 326. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Old World sparrows, snowfinches, weavers". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 31 January 2022.


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