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title: "White-winged Snowfinch"
description: "Montifringilla nivalis — Vogels. The white-winged snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis) is a small passerine bird."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/white-winged-snowfinch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-winged Snowfinch

> Montifringilla nivalis — Vogels. The white-winged snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis) is a small passerine bird.

- Scientific name: *Montifringilla nivalis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Bergen)
- iNaturalist observations: 3038
- Wikidata: [Q499290](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q499290)
- iNaturalist taxon: [204544](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204544)

## Names

- en: White-winged Snowfinch
- de: Schneefink
- es: Gorrión alpino
- fr: Niverolle alpine
- pt: Pardal-das-neves
- pl: Śnieżka zwyczajna

## Countries with the most observations

IT (860), FR (400), AT (271), RU (260), CH (235), MN (140), ES (87), DE (72), TR (58), KG (47), IR (34), PT (33)

## Summary

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

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-winged_snowfinch

## Photo

![White-winged Snowfinch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-winged-snowfinch/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89329956

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-winged-snowfinch?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).