Blanford's snowfinch

Blanford's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda blanfordi) or the plain-backed snowfinch, is a species of bird in the sparrow family.

Blanford's snowfinch
Blanford's Snowfinch at Puga Valley, Ladakh, India
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. blanfordi
Binomial name
Pyrgilauda blanfordi (Hume, 1876)
Synonyms
Montifringilla blanfordi

It is found in China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.

The species epithet and common name commemorate the English zoologist William Thomas Blanford.^[2]