#1181 · 🐦 birds

White-winged Snowfinch

🇳🇱 Sneeuwvink ·Montifringilla nivalis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Jessica Peruzzo · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Dragonfyre · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Dario Taraborelli · CC0
5. © Pavel Shukov · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Dario Taraborelli · CC0
7. Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy:© no rights reserved · CC0
8. Belluno, Veneto, Italy:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. Provincia di Verona, Italia:© mauro_fioretto · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga, IT-TE, Abruzzo, IT:© cefalo16 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The white-winged snowfinch ( Montifringilla nivalis ), or just snowfinch , is a small passerine bird. Despite its name, it is a sparrow rather than a true finch.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,066iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,066 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).