Publications

Snowfinch References

• Aichhorn, A. Source: J. Orn. 107, pag. 398-9 ; 1966.

• Aichorn, Ambros  Technique of nestbuilding of the Snowfinch (Montifringilla n. Nivalis l.) Egretta, 32(2):58-71. 1989. In Germanwith English summ. WR 236 ISSN: 0013-2373.

• Alegre J. (1997). Gorrión Alpino Montifringilla nivalis. In Purroy F.J. (Coord.) Atlas de las aves de España, p. 504-505. Lynx Edicions.

• Alex Clamens, Lycèe Blaise Pascal "Complèments sur l'hivernage de la Niverolle alpine (Montifringilla nivalis) en haute montagne" Ornithos 15-2 (2008) "

• Antor, Rj - The importance of arthropod fallout on snow patches for the foraging of high-alpine birds source: Journal of avian biology, 26 (1): 81-85 MAR 1995.

• Antor, Ramon J.  The importance of arthropod fallout on snow patches for the foraging of high-alpine birds. Journal of Avian Biology, 26(1): 81-84. 1995. WR 251 ISSN: 0908-8857.

• Bannermann, Source: Ibis 11, pag.84-131; 1919.

• Barrett RT The phenology of spring migration to north Norway. Bird Study, 49: pp. 270-277; 2002 ISSN: 0006-3657.

• Barrett, Robert T. The phenology of spring bird migration to north Norway. Bird Study, 49(3): 270-277; November 2002 ISSN: 0006-3657.

• Belka, Tomas The eurasian snow-finch (Montifringilla nivalis) in the adler mountains. Zpravy mos, 42:147. 1984. In Czech with German summ. WR 203 ISSN: 0231-5750.

• Brichetti P. Source: Riv. Italian. Ornitologia 53, pag.101-44; 1983

• Catzelflis F. Source: Nos Oiseaux 33, pag.64-5; 1975

• Cheylan G. (1973). Les déplacements de la Niverolle Montifringilla nivalis et son hivernage en France méridionale. Alauda 41 : 213-226. From Biol. Abstr. 57(11), 1974.

• Cramp’s . Source: The complete guide of western Paleartics; 1998.

• Cugnasse J.M. (1975). Observations sur l’hivernage de la Niverolle Montifringilla nivalis dans la Montagne noire. Alauda 43 : 478-479.

• De Faveri, Adriano Winter vertical movements of the snow finch, Montifringilla nivalis, along the alps in province of Belluno (Italy). Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia, 59(3-4): 284-285. 1989.

• Debru H. (1960). La Niverolle Montifringilla nivalis se livre-t-elle à une véritable migration ? L’Oiseau et RFO 30 : 84-85.

• Dementiev e Gladkov. Source: Ptitsy Sovietskogo Soyuza, Moscow, 1954.

• De Ritis Stefano Biologia riproduttiva ed ecologia del Fringuello alpino (Montifringilla nivalis) nel Parco Nazionale Gran Sasso- Monti della Laga Source: Tesi di laurea in Scienze Biologiche; 2000.

• Feller, Viktor; Hans Schmid Winterfeststellungen von schneefinken montifringilla nivalis bei wimmis/be, 610 m u.m. [winter identification of the eurasian snow finch (Montifringilla nivalis) near wimmis/be, 600 m above sea level. Der Ornithologische Beobachter, 81(1): 76. 1984.

• Gebauer, Axel; Martin Kaiser Biology and behaviour of central asiatic snow finches (montifringilla) and mountain-steppe sparrows (pyrgilauda), Journal fur Ornithologie, 135 (1): 55-71. 1994.

• Grangé, Jean-Louis Biologie de reproduction de la Niverolle alpine Montifringilla nivalis dans les Pyrenees occidentales francaises. [Reproductive biology of the white-winged snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis in the western French Pyrenees.] Nos Oiseaux, 55(2), Part/Suppl. 492: 67-82; Juin 2008

• Heiniger, Philippe H. Adaptations of the snow finch montifringilla nivalis to his cold-dominated alpine environment. Der Ornithologische Beobachter, 88 (3): 193-207. 1991.

• Holzinger, Jochen The snow finch montifringilla nivalis as a breeding bird in Greece. Journal fur Ornithologie, 134(4): 405-411. 1993. In German with English summ. WR 240 ISSN: 0021-8375.

• Heiniger, Ph. Adaptations of the snow finch Montifringilla nivalis. Alauda, 55(4): 322. 1987. In French. WR 209 ISSN: 0002-4619.

• Heiniger, Philippe. Ecology of the Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis) - use of home range in winter and summer with special reference to the winter roosting sites Source: Revue Suisse de Zoologie 98 (4): 897-924 DEC 1991

• Heinenger Anpassungstrateigien des Scheefinken Montifringilla nivalis an ie extremen Umweltbedingungen des Hochgbirges“ Source: Der ornithologische Beobachter 88 PAG. 193-207; 1991

• Ivanitsky, V. V. On the social behavior of the pere david's (Pyrgilauda davidiana) and the snow (Montifringilla nivalis) finches. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 70(9): 104-117. 1991.

• Isenmann, Pul 3763 : Une concentration élevée de couples nicheurs de niverolle alpine Montifringilla nivalis dans less Alpes de Savoie. [3763: A case of high nesting density of snow finch Montifringilla nivalis in Alpes de Savoie.] Alauda 74 (1) : 199 - 200; 2006 ISSN: 0002 4619.

• Yanhua Qu, Per G.P. Ericson, Fumin Lei, Axel Gebauer, Martin Kaiser, Andres J. Helbig. Molecular phylogenetic relationship of snow finch complex (Genera Montifringilla, Pyrgilauda, and Onychostruthus) Elsevir Molecular Phylogenetic and Evolution 40 (2006) 218-226 Available on line 18 Aprile 2006.

• Laiolo, P; Dondero, F; Ciliento, E; Rolando, Consequences of pastoral abandonment for the structure and diversity of the alpine avifauna Source: Journal of applied ecology, 41 (2): 294-304 APR; 2004.

• Lebrun P. (1995). Niverolle alpine. In Yeatman-Berthelot D. & Jarry G. Nouvel atlas des oiseaux nicheurs de France – 1985-1989. S.O.F. Paris.

• Lei, Fu-Min; Wang, Ai-Zhen; Wang, Gang; Yin, Zuo-Hua Vocalizations of red-necked snow finch, Pyrgilauda ruficollis on the Tibetan Plateau, China - a syllable taxonomic signal Folia Zoologica, 54(1-2): 135-146; 2005 ISSN: 0139-7893

• Lei, Fu-Min; Qu, Yan-Hua; Gan, Ya-Ling; Gebauer, Axel; Kaiser, Martin The feather microstructure of passerine sparrows in China.Journal fur Ornithologie, 143(2): 205-213; April, 2002 ISSN: 0021-8375

• Lukac, Gordan; Vujcic-Karlo, Snjezana Drugi nalaz snjezne zebe Montifringilla nivalis (L.) U Hrvatskoj. [Second record of snow finch Montifringilla nivalis (L.) in Croatia.] Larus, 46: pp. 126-127; 1997 ISSN: 0350-5189

• Lopez-Jurado, Carlos Homologacio de rareses ornitologiques a Mallorca. Informe de 1993. [Homologation of bird rarities in Mallorca, third annual report (1993)] ANUARI ORNITOL. BALEARS, 8: 105-112. 1993.

• Luder R. (1998). Niverolle alpine. In Atlas des oiseaux nicheurs de Suisse. p. 504-505. Station Ornithologique Suisse de Sempach.

• Lang E. Source: Orn. Beob. 36, pag. 141-5; 1939.

• Lang E. Source: Orn. Beob.33, pag. 33-43; 1946.

• Maestri, Ferruccio; Laura Voltolini Breeding of the snowfinch, montifringilla nivalis, at 1680 meters on the brescia prealps (Lombardy, n. Italy) Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia,55(1-2): 86. 1985.

• Massa, B. 1978. Nuovi dati sulla migrazione del Fringuello alpino (Montifringilla nivalis (L.) in Italia. Riv. ital. Orn. 48:172-175.

• Mason, C. F. Changes in the population sizes of some scarce winter visitors. Bird Study, 36(3): 145-146. 1989. WR 216 ISSN: 0006-3657.

• Michelat D. et Viain P. (1984). Une observation de Niverolle au Lac Kir. Le Jean-le-Blanc 23 : 49-51.

• Mingozzi T. & Ranner A. (1997). Snowfinch, in Hagemeijer EJM and Blair MJ (1997). The EBCC Atlas of European Birds : their Distribution and Abundance. T & A D Poyser, London.

• Olioso G., Cugnasse J.-M. et Boutin J. (2003). Statut de la Niverolle alpine Montifringilla nivalis en période internuptiale en France. Ornithos 10 : 12-23.

• Paccaud O. Source: Nos Oiseaux 22,pag. 214; 1954.

• Qu Yan-Hua-Lei Fu Min - Yin Zuo Hua - Stefano De Ritis Distribution patterns of Snow Finches (genus Montifringilla) in the Tibetan Plateau of China Source: Avocetta n.26, pag. 11-18; 2002.

• Schafer E, Source: J. Orn. 86 Sonderheft, pag. 1-349; 1938.

• Schmidt, Yvan; Bernard Volet A group of 54 white-winged snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis) at the foot of jura (region of ain, France) Nos Oiseaux, 42(6): 358-360. 1994.

• Stephan B. (2000). Die Arten der Familie Passeridae (Gattungen Montifringilla, Petronia, Passer) und ihre phylogenetischen Beziehungen. Bonn. Zool. Bettr. 49 : 39-70.

• Telleria Jorge, J.L; Asensio Nistal, B.; Diaz Estaban, M. Iberian birds. II: Passeriformes (In Spanish). J.M. Reyero Editor, Madrid, Spain. 232 p. illus., maps 24.50; 1999

• Wehrle, Cornelia M. Winter food of the snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis. Der Ornithologische Beobachter, 86(1): 53-68. 1989.

• Winding, Norbert Habitat utilization of small alpine birds in late summer/autumn (hohe tauern, massiv, austrian central alps): autecology and community patterns. Ecol. Birds, 12 (1): 13-37. 1990.

• Winkler, Raffael; Amanda Winkler Zur jugendmauser handaufgezogener schneefinken montifringilla nivalis. [the moult of hand-reared snow finches montifringilla nivalis.] Der Ornithologische Beobachter, 82(1): 55-66. 1985.

• Woike, Martin Zum vorkommen einiger vogelarten in dernordlichen alpenzone. [on the occurrence of some bird species in the northern alpine zone.] Ornithologische Mitteilungen, 22(10): 201-202. Oct. 1970.

• Wust W. Source: Avifauna Bavariae 2, Munich; 1986

• Kalotas, Zsolt Occurrence of snow finch (Montifringilla nivalis l., 1766) at facankert. Aquila, Vol. 96-97. p. 153, 157. 1990. In Hungarian and English. WR 227

• Korelov M N et al. Source Pitsty Kazakhstana 5. Alma-ata.

• Zollinger, Christian Niverolles au pied du jura en 1974. [snow finch at the foot of the jura in 1974.] Nos Oiseaux, 35 (1): 39-40. Mar. 1979. In French. WR 174 ISSN: 0029-3725.