Original description: Fringilla chlorura Audubon 1839O eBird range map Taxonomic history at Avibase Taxonomic history in AOU/AOS Check-list AOU 1 (1886): Green-tailed Towhee, Pipilo chlorurus AOU 2 (1895): Green-tailed Towhee, Pipilo chlorurus AOU 3 (1910): Green-tailed Towhee, Oreoszpia chlorura AOU 4 (1931): Green-tailed Towhee, Oberholseria chlorura AOU 5 (1957): Green-tailed Towhee, Chlorura chlorura AOU 6 (1983): Green-tailed Towhee, Pipilo chlorurus AOU 7 (1998): Green-tailed Towhee, …
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We’ve been a bit far north these past couple of weeks to have a real chance at green-tailed towhees, but we’ve been keeping eyes and ears open just in case one of those lovely sparrows — some say the loveliest — should happen to “overshoot” on its way to the breeding grounds. As yesterday’s entry …
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Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America Aguirre-Muñoz, A., et al. 2011. “Island Restoration in Mexico: Ecological Outcomes After Systematic Eradications of Invasive Mammals.” Pp. 250-258 in: Veitch, C., et al., eds. Island Invasives: Eradication and Management. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. Aiken, C. 1873. “A New Species of Sparrow.” American Naturalist 7: 236-237. Alderfer, J., ed. 2009. National Geographic …
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Original description: Passerella schistacea Baird 1858 eBird range map Taxonomic history at Avibase Taxonomic history in AOU/AOS Check-list AOU 1 (1886): Slate-colored Sparrow, Passerella iliaca schistacea? AOU 2 (1895): Slate-colored Sparrow, Passerella iliaca schistacea? AOU 3 (1910): Slate-colored Fox Sparrow, Passerella iliaca schistacea AOU 4 (1931): Slate-colored Fox Sparrow, Passerella iliaca schistacea; Inyo Fox Sparrow, Passerella iliaca canescens AOU 5 (1957): Fox Sparrow, Passerella iliaca schistacea, …
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Original description: Poospiza bellii var. nevadensis Ridgway 1873 eBird range map Taxonomic history at Avibase Taxonomic history in AOU/AOS Check-list AOU 1 (1886): Sage Sparrow, Amphispiza belli nevadensis AOU 2 (1895): Sage Sparrow, Amphispiza belli nevadensis AOU 3 (1910): Sage Sparrow, Amphispiza nevadensis nevadensis AOU 4 (1931): Northern Sage Sparrow, Amphispiza nevadensis nevadensis AOU 5 (1957): Sage Sparrow, Amphispiza belli nevadensis AOU 6 (1983): Sage Sparrow, Amphispiza belli …
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