Prevost's Ground Sparrow
Melozone biarcuata(Prévost, F; des Murs, MAPO, 1842)
English (US) Prevost's Ground Sparrow
The Prevost's Ground Sparrow (Melozone biarcuata) 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.
Range: highlands of southern Mexico (Chiapas) Guatemala, El Salvador, and western HondurasRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melozone biarcuata
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Prevost's Ground Sparrow
- Described by
- (Prévost, F; des Murs, MAPO, 1842)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pyrgita biarcuata
- Described by
- (Prévost, F; des Murs, MAPO, 1842)
- Type locality
- no locality ; 'California' and Guatemala designated by Prevost and Des Murs, 1849, Voy. Venus, 5, p. 216.
- Original description
- Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate La Vénus commandée par Abel du Petit-Thouars Atlas pl.6
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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