Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow
Melozone kieneri(Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
English (US) Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow
The Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow (Melozone kieneri) 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
- Melozone kieneri
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Melozone kieneri grisior
- Melozone kieneri kieneri
- Melozone kieneri rubricata
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Pyrgisoma kieneri
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
- Type locality
- 'ex Am. occ.'; restricted to San Blas, Nayarit, by van Rossem, 1934, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 77, p. 423.
- Original description
- Conspectus generum avium 1 p.486
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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