Dong Lei / Tibetan snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi) with prey, perched on Mani stone- a stone with mantra or prayer to Avalokiteshvara, near to Namtso lake, Nyaingqentanglha Mountains, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau,...

Dong Lei / Rufous-necked snowfinch (Pyrgilauda ruficollis) with insects in beak, feeding chicks at nest in rock hollow. Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, Qinghai Province, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. Augus...

Dong Lei / Rufous-necked snowfinch (Pyrgilauda ruficollis) adult with begging chicks. Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, Qinghai Province, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. August.

Dong Lei / Rufous-necked snowfinch (Pyrgilauda ruficollis) adult with begging chicks at nest in rock hollow. Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, Qinghai Province, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. August.

Oriol Alamany / Black-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi), at around 4,300 metres, Spiti valley, Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, Himalaya mountains, Himachal Pradesh, India

Oriol Alamany / Black-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi) on the snow in Spiti valley, Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, Himalaya mountains, Himachal Pradesh, India, February

Ingo Arndt / White-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis) in winter, Valais, Switzerland

Oriol Alamany / Flock of Black-winged snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi) in flight, Spiti valley, Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, Himalaya mountains, Himachal Pradesh, India, February

Oriol Alamany / Flock of Black-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi) in flight, Spiti valley, Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, Himalaya mountains, Himachal Pradesh, India, February

Bruno D'Amicis / White-winged snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis) Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy. March 2009

Bruno D'Amicis / White-winged snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis) perched on snow. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, March.

Dong Lei / White-rumped Snowfinch (Montifringilla taczanowskii) with chick at nest burrow, Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, Qinghai Hoh Xil UNESCO World Heritage Site, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Qinghai Provinc...