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Clay-Coloured Sparrow

Spizella pallida(Swainson, WJ, 1832)

English (US) Clay-colored Sparrow

UK name: Clay-Coloured Sparrow

The Clay-Coloured Sparrow (Spizella pallida) 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 western Canada and USA; winters to GuatemalaRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Spizella pallida
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Clay-colored Sparrow
English (UK)
Clay-Coloured Sparrow
Described by
(Swainson, WJ, 1832)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Emberiza pallida
Described by
(Swainson, WJ, 1832)
Type locality
Carlton House, Saskatchewan.
Original description
Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. Part second, the birds pt.2 p.251

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

See all 138 species of the family Passerellidae