Species: Passerella iliaca

Fox Sparrow
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Aves

    Order

    Passeriformes

    Family

    Emberizidae

    Genus

    Passerella

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    Gorrión Rascador - bruant fauve
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Emberizidae - Passerella - for which mtDNA evidence suggests a narrow contact zone along the interface of the Great Basin and Sierra Nevada/Cascades. Morphometric characters intergrade over a broader area, suggesting that different processes are responsible for the two gradients. The number of biological species represented ranges from one to four, depending on the degree of hybridization tolerated. The mtDNA and plumage characters suggest four phylogenetic species: P. ILIACA, P. MEGARHYNCHA, P. UNALASCHCENSIS, AND P. SCHISTACEA. Rising (1996) listed three species: P. ILIACA (Red Fox Sparrow), P. UNALASCHCENSIS (Sooty Fox Sparrow), and P. SCHISTACEA (Slate-colored Fox Sparrow).
    Short General Description
    A small bird (sparrow).
    Migration
    false - true - true - Mostly a long-distance migrant; moves northward in March-April. Migrations more localized on west coast.
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    true
    Food Comments
    Forages on the ground for seeds (e.g., smartweed, ragweed). Also eats berries (e.g., blueberries, elderberries) grapes and other fruits. May eat invertebrates (e.g., beetles, spiders, millipedes and crane flies).
    Reproduction Comments
    Clutch size 3-5. Incubation 12-14 days, mostly by female (Terres 1980).
    Length
    18
    Weight
    32
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1996-12-04
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-12-04
    Other Status

    LC - Least concern

    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    BREEDING: western and northern Alaska, northern Yukon, Mackenzie, southwestern Keewatin, northern Manitoba, northern Ontario, northern Quebec, and northern Labrador south along the Pacific coast to northwestern Washington, in the western mountains to southern California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado, and, east of the Rockies, to central Alberta, central Saskatchewan, central Manitoba, central Ontario, southern Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland (AOU 1983). Breeding strongly suspected in Sierra San Pedro Martir, Baja California (Erickson and Wurster 1998). NON-BREEDING: southern Alaska and southern British Columbia southward through Pacific states to northern Baja California, and from Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, southern Ontario, southwestern Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and southern Newfoundland south to northern Sonora (casually), New Mexico, Texas, Gulf coast, and Florida (AOU 1983).
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