Black-winged Snowfinch

SCI Name:  Montifringilla adamsi
Protonym:  Montifringilla Adamsi Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1858) (1858), Pt26 no.377 p.482
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Passeridae / Montifringilla
Taxonomy Code:  blwsno1
Type Locality:  Ladak.
Author:  Adams
Publish Year:  1859
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

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).

adamsi / adamsii
● Andrew Leith Adams (1826-1882) British Army surgeon in India 1848 (subsp. Alaudala raytal, Montifringilla, syn. Prinia hodgsonii).
● Charles Francis Adams (1857-1893) US collector, taxidermist (subsp. Copsychus saularis, syn. Nesomimus melanotis).
● Edward Adams (1824-1856) British surgeon-explorer in the Arctic 1849-1856 (Gavia).
● Philip Francis Adams (1828-1901) English immigrant to Australia 1854, Surveyor-Gen. of New South Wales 1868-1887, astronomer who observed the transit of Venus at Lord Howe I., 1882 (syn. Todiramphus sanctus vagans).

SUBSPECIES

Black-winged Snowfinch (adamsi)
SCI Name: Montifringilla adamsi adamsi
adamsi / adamsii
● Andrew Leith Adams (1826-1882) British Army surgeon in India 1848 (subsp. Alaudala raytal, Montifringilla, syn. Prinia hodgsonii).
● Charles Francis Adams (1857-1893) US collector, taxidermist (subsp. Copsychus saularis, syn. Nesomimus melanotis).
● Edward Adams (1824-1856) British surgeon-explorer in the Arctic 1849-1856 (Gavia).
● Philip Francis Adams (1828-1901) English immigrant to Australia 1854, Surveyor-Gen. of New South Wales 1868-1887, astronomer who observed the transit of Venus at Lord Howe I., 1882 (syn. Todiramphus sanctus vagans).

Black-winged Snowfinch (xerophila)
SCI Name: Montifringilla adamsi xerophila
xerophila / xerophilus
Gr. ξηρος xēros  austere, dry land; φιλος  philos loving  < φιλεω phileō  to love  < φιλος philos  lover.