Five-striped Sparrow
Amphispizopsis quinquestriata(Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1868)
English (US) Five-striped Sparrow
The Five-striped Sparrow (Amphispizopsis quinquestriata) 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
- Amphispizopsis quinquestriata
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Five-striped Sparrow
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1868)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Amphispizopsis quinquestriata septentrionalis
- Amphispizopsis quinquestriata quinquestriata
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Zonotrichia quinquestriata
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1868)
- Type locality
- Mexico ; type probably from Bolanos, Jalisco, fide Miller, Friedmann, Griscom, and Moore, 1957, Pacific Coast Avifauna (Cooper Ornith. Soc.) , no. 33, p. 371.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868, pt.2 p.323
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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