Grey-crowned Ground Sparrow
Melozone occipitalis(Salvin, O, 1878)
English (US) Gray-crowned Ground Sparrow
UK name: Grey-crowned Ground Sparrow
The Grey-crowned Ground Sparrow (Melozone occipitalis) 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) to Guatemala and El SalvadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melozone occipitalis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-crowned Ground Sparrow
- English (UK)
- Grey-crowned Ground Sparrow
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1878)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pyrgisoma occipitale
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1878)
- Type locality
- Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.4, vol.2, no.8 p.446-447
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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