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Melospiza melodia  (A. Wilson, 1810)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179492

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): bruant chanteur [French]
  
    Gorrión cantor [Spanish]
  
    Song Sparrow [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassAves  -- Birds, oiseaux  
             OrderPasseriformes  -- passereaux, Perching Birds  
                FamilyEmberizidae  -- American Sparrows, Buntings, Emberizid Finches, New World Sparrows, Towhees  
                   GenusMelospiza S. F. Baird, 1858 -- Song Sparrows  
                      SpeciesMelospiza melodia (A. Wilson, 1810) -- bruant chanteur, Gorrión cantor, Song Sparrow  
    Direct Children:  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia adusta Nelson, 1899  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia atlantica Todd, 1924  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia caurina Ridgway, 1899  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia cleonensis McGregor, 1899  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia fallax (S. F. Baird, 1854)  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia goldmani Nelson, 1899  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia gouldii S. F. Baird, 1858  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia graminea C. H. Townsend, 1890  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia heermanni S. F. Baird, 1858  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia insignis S. F. Baird, 1869  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia kenaiensis Ridgway, 1900  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia maxillaris Grinnell, 1909  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia maxima Gabrielson & Lincoln, 1951  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia melodia (A. Wilson, 1810)  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia merrilli Brewster, 1896  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia mexicana Ridgway, 1874  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia montana Henshaw, 1884  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia morphna Oberholser, 1899  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia pusillula Ridgway, 1899  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia rivularis W. E. Bryant, 1888  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia rufina (Bonaparte, 1850)  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia samuelis (S. F. Baird, 1858)  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia sanaka McGregor, 1900  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia villai A. R. Phillips & Dickerman, 1957  
                         Subspecies Melospiza melodia yuriria A. R. Phillips & Dickerman, 1957  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Melospiza melodia   
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Melospiza melodia   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CDP, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Song Sparrow [English], bruant chanteur [French]   
       
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2007), website (version Jul-2007)  
  Acquired: 2007   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "List of the 2,046 Bird Species (With Scientific and English Names) Known From the A.O.U. Check-list Area" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-48), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Melospiza melodia, Song Sparrow [English]   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Gorrión cantor [Spanish]   
       
  Source: Gill & Wright (2006) corrigenda/updates - 21-Sep-2007, website (version 1.1)  
  Acquired: 2007   
  Notes: Corrigenda & updates for "BIRDS OF THE WORLD Recommended English Names" available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/   
  Reference for: Melospiza melodia, Song Sparrow [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Melospiza melodia   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2007.09.20, website (version 20-Sep-07)  
  Acquired: 2007   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Melospiza melodia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Melospiza melodia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Melospiza melodia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Melospiza melodia, Song Sparrow   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Alaska, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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