Rufous-necked Snowfinch (Pyrgilauda ruficollis)
About the Rufous-necked Snowfinch
The rufous-necked snowfinch (Pyrgilauda ruficollis) is a species of bird in the sparrow family. These birds are around 15cm and are very distinctive in their zone. Quite brightly colored for a snowfinch, adults and juveniles are distinguished because of their appearance. Adults have black lores and whitish faces except for their chestnut or reddish-brown rear ear-coverts and sides of neck. The rest of the plumage is light brown, straked darker on mantle and scapulars. The wings have two white wingbars formed by the tips of the coverts. Juveniles are paler than adults, without a well-defined face pattern.
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Listed as recorded in China in the xeno-canto catalogue.