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Afghan Snowfinch

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iAfghan Snowfinch
Conservation status

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passeridae
Genus: Montifringilla
Species: M. theresae
Binomial name
Montifringilla theresae
Meinertzhagen, 1937

The Afghan Snowfinch (Montifringilla theresae) is a bird of the sparrow family and is an Afghan endemic. The species was named by Richard Meinertzhagen after his cousin and companion, Theresa Clay, who was an expert on birdlice.

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