Yellow-browed Sparrow
Ammodramus aurifrons(Spix, JB, 1825)
English (US) Yellow-browed Sparrow
The Yellow-browed Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Passerellidae (New World Sparrows) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Ammodramus aurifrons
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-browed Sparrow
- Described by
- (Spix, JB, 1825)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Ammodramus aurifrons apurensis
- Ammodramus aurifrons cherriei
- Ammodramus aurifrons tenebrosus
- Ammodramus aurifrons aurifrons
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Tanagra aurifrons
- Described by
- (Spix, JB, 1825)
- Type locality
- 'in provincia Bahia' ; corrected to Fonte B5a, Rio Solimoes, Brazil, by Hellmayr, 1910, Novit. Zool., 17, p. 281.
- Original description
- Avium species novae, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX (etc.) 2 p.38 pl.50 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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