Fox Sparrow

Passerella iliaca(Merrem, B, 1786)

English (US) Fox Sparrow

The Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) 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: Passerella iliaca
Family: Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)
Order: Passeriformes
IUCN Red List: Not Evaluated
English (US): Fox Sparrow
Described by: (Merrem, B, 1786)

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Recognised subspecies

The AviList checklist recognises 15 subspecies for this species.

Passerella iliaca unalaschcensis
Passerella iliaca townsendi
Passerella iliaca fuliginosa
Passerella iliaca annectens
Passerella iliaca insularis
Passerella iliaca sinuosa
Passerella iliaca chilcatensis
Passerella iliaca schistacea
Passerella iliaca altivagans
Passerella iliaca canescens
Passerella iliaca olivacea
Passerella iliaca swarthi
Passerella iliaca megarhyncha
Passerella iliaca zaboria
Passerella iliaca iliaca

Taxonomic history

First described as: Fringilla iliaca
Described by: (Merrem, B, 1786)
Type locality: North America [reference not verified] ; restricted to Quebec by Oberholser, 1946, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., 36, p. 389.
Original description: Avium rariorum et minus cognitarum Icones et Descriptiones collectae e germanicus latinae factae fasc.2 p.37 pl.10

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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Recognised subspecies

Taxonomic history

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