Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Passeridae > Pyrgilauda > Pyrgilauda davidianaPyrgilauda davidiana (Pere David's snow finch; Small Snowfinch)Synonyms: Montifringilla davidiana Père David's snowfinch, also known as the small snowfinch (Montifringilla davidiana), is a species of bird in the sparrow family. It is found in China, Pakistan, Mongolia, and Russia. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 6.12824 EDGE Score: 1.96406 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 21 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore, Herbivore | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 20 % | | Diet - Plants [2] | 10 % | | Diet - Seeds [2] | 70 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 50 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 50 % | | | Clutch Size [3] | 5 | | Incubation [3] | 12 days |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
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Climate |
Land
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Alashan Plateau semi-desert |
China, Mongolia |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe |
China |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Daurian forest steppe |
China, Mongolia, Russia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Eastern Gobi desert steppe |
China, Mongolia |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Helanshan montane conifer forests |
China |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Mongolian-Manchurian grassland |
China, Mongolia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Qaidam Basin semi-desert |
China |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Qilian Mountains subalpine meadows |
China |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Sayan Alpine meadows and tundra |
Mongolia, Russia |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Southeast Tibet shrub and meadows |
China |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Tibetan Plateau alpine shrub and meadows |
China |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Piecocki, R. & A. Bolod (1972): Beiträge zur Avifauna der Mongolei. Teil II. Passeriformes: Ergebnisse der Mongolisch-Deutschen Biologischen Expeditionen seit 1962, Nr. 56. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 48: 41-175 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 4International Flea DatabaseEcoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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