Cassin's Sparrow
Peucaea cassinii(Woodhouse, SW, 1852)
English (US) Cassin's Sparrow
The Cassin's Sparrow (Peucaea cassinii) 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: breeds arid southwestern USA and adjacent northern Mexico; winters to central MexicoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Peucaea cassinii
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Cassin's Sparrow
- Described by
- (Woodhouse, SW, 1852)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Zonotrichia cassinii
- Described by
- (Woodhouse, SW, 1852)
- Type locality
- near San Antonio, Texas.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6 p.60
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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