Field Sparrow
Spizella pusilla(Wilson, A, 1810)
English (US) Field Sparrow
The Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) 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 southeastern Canada to central and eastern USA; winters to northeastern MexicoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Spizella pusilla
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Field Sparrow
- Described by
- (Wilson, A, 1810)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Fringilla pusilla
- Described by
- (Wilson, A, 1810)
- Type locality
- Pennsylvania ; type from Philadelphia, fide Amer. Ornith. Union, 1931, Check-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 4, p. 349.
- Original description
- American Ornithology or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States: Illustrated with Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature 2 p.121 pl.16 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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