Blanford's snowfinch

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| image= Blanford's Snowfinch - Shreeram M V - Ladakh, India.jpg

| image_caption = Blanford's Snowfinch at Puga Valley, Ladakh, India

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Pyrgilauda blanfordi |volume=2016 |page=e.T22718339A94576200 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718339A94576200.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Pyrgilauda

| species = blanfordi

| authority = (Hume, 1876)

| synonyms = * Montifringilla blanfordi

}}

Blanford's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda blanfordi) or the plain-backed snowfinch, is a species of bird in the sparrow family.

It is found in China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.

The species epithet and common name commemorate the English zoologist William Thomas Blanford.{{cite book|last=Beolens|first=Bo|title=Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds|year=2003|publisher=Christopher Helm|location=London|page=55|author2=Watkins, Michael}}