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Ammodramus nelsoni  Allen, 1875
Taxonomic Serial No.: 554031

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): bruant de Nelson [French]
  
    Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow [English]
  
    Nelson's 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  
                   GenusAmmodramus Swainson, 1827 -- Grassland Sparrows  
                      SpeciesAmmodramus nelsoni Allen, 1875 -- bruant de Nelson, Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Nelson's Sparrow  
    Direct Children:  
                         Subspecies Ammodramus nelsoni alter (Todd, 1938)  
                         Subspecies Ammodramus nelsoni nelsoni Allen, 1875  
                         Subspecies Ammodramus nelsoni subvirgatus Dwight, 1887  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Ammodramus nelsoni   
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Ammodramus nelsoni   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CDP, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow [English], bruant de Nelson [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: Ammodramus nelsoni, Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow [English]   
       
  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: Ammodramus nelsoni, Nelson's Sparrow [English]   
       
  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: Ammodramus nelsoni   
       
  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: Ammodramus nelsoni   
       
  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: Ammodramus nelsoni, Nelson's Sparrow   
       

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

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Formerly included in Ammodramus caudacutus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) (TSN 179344)  
 

 

    

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