Blanford’s Snowfinch

Blanford\'s Snowfinch / Montifringilla blanfordi

Blanford's Snowfinch

Here the details of the Blanford's Snowfinch named bird below:

SCI Name:  Montifringilla blanfordi
Protonym:  Montifringilla Blanfordi Str.Feath. 4 p.487
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Passeridae /
Taxonomy Code:  blasno1
Type Locality:  borders of Tibet to the north of native Sikkim.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1876
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

MONTIFRINGILLA
(Passeridae; Ϯ White-winged Snowfinch M. nivalis) L. mons, montis  mountain; fringilla  finch; "II. G. Bergfink. Montifringilla, Brehm.   1. Der Schneebergfink, M. nivalis Br.   2. Der Eisbergfink, M. glacialis Br." (Brehm 1828); "Die Bergfinken sind unter den Finken, was die Sporner unter den Ammern sind; allein sie leben auf den höchsten Bergen über dem Holzwuchse, neben, unter und über dem ewigen Eise und Felsen und auf dem Boden, fast immer in Gesellschaft  ...  Der Schneebergfink. Montifringilla nivalis, Br. (Fr. nivalis, Linn. N.W.V. Th. Taf. 117, 1, 2.)" (Brehm 1831); "Montifringilla Brehm, 1828, Isis von Oken, col. 1277. Type, by subsequent designation, Montifringilla nivalis Brehm = Fringilla nivalis Linnaeus (Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 46)." (Greenway in Peters 1962, XV, 26).   
Var. Motifringilla, Mantifringilla.   
Synon. Chionospina, Eurhinospiza, Geospiza, Oreospiza, Orites, Plectrofringilla.

montifringilla
Mod. L. montifringilla (Turner 1544)  mountain finch, brambling  < L. mons, montis  mountain; fringilla  finch.
● "98. FRINGILLA.  ...  Montifringilla.  3. F. alarum basi subtus flavissima. Fn. svec. 198. t. 2. f. 198.  Montifringilla s. Fringilla montana. Jonst. av. 99. t. 38. Will. orn. 187. t. 45. f. 5. Raj. av. 88. Alb. av. 3. p. 60. t. 64. Frisch. av.  . t. 3. f. 2. 3. Olin. av. 32. Aldr. orn. l. 18. c. 7.  Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Fringilla).

blanfordi / blanfordii
Dr William Thomas Blanford (1832-1905) English geologist, zoologist, collector in Ethiopia, Persia and India (syn. Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Calandrella, syn. Carduelis carduelis brevirostris, subsp. Cinnyris jugularis, syn. Cisticola marginatus, syn. Leiopicus mahrattensis, subsp. Parus major, subsp. Prinia inornata, syn. Prunella modularis obscura, subsp. Psalidoprocne pristoptera, Pycnonotus, Pyrgilauda, syn. Strix aluco nivicola, subsp. Sylvia leucomelaena, syn. Tchagra senegalus, subsp. Turnix tanki).

SUBSPECIES

Blanford's Snowfinch (ventorum)
SCI Name: Montifringilla blanfordi ventorum
ventorum
L. ventorum  of the winds  < ventus  wind.
● Valley of the Winds (= Temirlik Bulak), between the Chiman Tagh and Zaidam Range, Tsinghai, China (subsp. Pyrgilauda blanfordi).

Blanford's Snowfinch (barbata)
SCI Name: Montifringilla blanfordi barbata
barbata
L. barbatus  bearded  < barba  beard (e.g. distinctive throat patch; moustachial or beard-like markings; puffy or elongated throat feathers; lengthy or numerous rictal bristles) (see barbatus).
● "die Kehlfedern sind auffallend lang  ...  Da über die Herkunft keine sicheren Nachrichten vorliegen, so kann zunächst nur durch diese kurze Beschreibung auf die eigentümliche Form aufmerksam gemacht werden, die ich ihrer langen Kehlfedern wegen mit C. barbata bezeichnen möchte." (Reichenow 1896) (subsp. Alectoris barbara).
● "E merita speciale considerazione il mento pennuto  ...  Per questi motivi io credo di possedere il tipo di una specie non ancora descritta, alla quale attribuisco il nome di G. barbata, considerando più importante di ogni altro carattere quello del mento pennuto." (Ghigi 1905) (subsp. Guttera edouardi).
● “Similar to Penelope argyrotis Bonap. but much darker throughout, the chin and upper throat feathered, wholly concealing the skin” (Chapman 1921) (Penelope).
● "Str. capite lævi, rostro iridibusque flavis, corpore cinereo, gula regioneque periophthalmica atris, remige sesquialtera serrata." (Latham 1790) (syn. Strix nebulosa lapponica).

Blanford's Snowfinch (blanfordi)
SCI Name: Montifringilla blanfordi blanfordi
blanfordi / blanfordii
Dr William Thomas Blanford (1832-1905) English geologist, zoologist, collector in Ethiopia, Persia and India (syn. Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Calandrella, syn. Carduelis carduelis brevirostris, subsp. Cinnyris jugularis, syn. Cisticola marginatus, syn. Leiopicus mahrattensis, subsp. Parus major, subsp. Prinia inornata, syn. Prunella modularis obscura, subsp. Psalidoprocne pristoptera, Pycnonotus, Pyrgilauda, syn. Strix aluco nivicola, subsp. Sylvia leucomelaena, syn. Tchagra senegalus, subsp. Turnix tanki).