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Montifringilla nivalis (White-winged Snowfinch)


English: White-winged Snowfinch
Russian: Снежный вьюрок
Mongolian: Цасны богшоодой, Цасны бор шувуу

German: Schneesperling

French: Niverolle alpine 

Japanese: ユキスズメ (Yuki-suzume)

Body length:16½ - 19 cm.

Breeds on bare mountains, often at 1900-3100 m. Resident, and remains at rather high altitude even in winter (exceptionally down to 1000m). Often seen foraging at ski-resort restaurants; restless but often quite fearless.

Identification: A fairly big and elongate, long-winged bird with conspicuous white panels on tail and wings. Hopping on ground, a rather dull grey-brown bird showing one narrow but long white wing-panel. When it takes off, the white is dominant: greater part of inner wing is white, and tail is white with narrow black central band (and thin black terminal band). At close range, shows dull earth-brown mantle/back, greyish head, and dirty white underparts with a small and often diffuse black bib. Bill black when breeding, ivory-yellow during winter. Flight fast and powerful, undulating over longer stretches. Sexes similar.


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