Cabanis's Ground Sparrow
Melozone cabanisi(Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1868)
English (US) Cabanis's Ground Sparrow
The Cabanis's Ground Sparrow (Melozone cabanisi) 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 central Costa RicaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melozone cabanisi
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Cabanis's Ground Sparrow
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1868)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pyrgisoma cabanisi
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1868)
- Type locality
- San Jose, Costa Rica.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868, pt.2 p.324
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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