Illustration of a male (left) and a female (right)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Passeridae
Genus:
Pyrgilauda
Species:
P. theresae
Binomial name
Pyrgilauda theresae
(R. Meinertzhagen, 1937)
Synonyms[2]
Montifringilla theresae R. Meinzertzhagen, 1937
The Afghan snowfinch (Pyrgilauda theresae) or the Afghan ground-sparrow, bar-tailed snowfinch, Meinertzhagen's snowfinch, or Theresa's snowfinch, is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, endemic to the northern parts of the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan. There are no major threats to the species despite its restricted range, so it is assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. This species is mostly a seed-eater, supplementing its diet with some insects. It builds its nest in the burrows or hollows of ground-dwelling rodents, lined with hair or feathers.
^BirdLife International (2016). "Pyrgilauda theresae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22718342A94576375. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718342A94576375.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^Summers-Smith, J. Denis (2009). "Family Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)". In del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Christie, David (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-50-7.
The Afghansnowfinch (Pyrgilauda theresae) or the Afghan ground-sparrow, bar-tailed snowfinch, Meinertzhagen's snowfinch, or Theresa's snowfinch, is a...
relatively known in the west. Endemic fauna of Afghanistan includes the Afghan flying squirrel, Afghansnowfinch, Paradactylodon (or the "Paghman mountain...
mapping areas no European had seen before." He later also discovered the Afghansnowfinch or Montifringilla theresae, and the Moroccan Riparia rupestris theresae...
type species was designated by Jules Verreaux in 1871 as Père David's snowfinch. The name is a portmanteau of the genera Pyrgita Cuvier 1817, "sparrow"...
number of bird species after Theresa, one of which, the Afghansnowfinch or Theresa's snowfinch (Montifringilla theresae), is authentic. It was Meinertzhagen...
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