Song Sparrow [melodia, , juddi, euphonia, atlantica or montana]
Melospiza melodia [melodia, , juddi, euphonia, atlantica or montana] (= Melospiza melodia melodia) (Wilson, A 1810)
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Passerellidae
Genus:
Melospiza
Scientific:
Melospiza melodia melodia
Original description
Citation:
(Wilson, A 1810)
Reference:
Amer. Orn. [Wilson]
2 p.125 pl.16 fig.4
Protonym:
Fringilla melodia
Type locality:
'every district of the United States from Canada to the southern boundaries of Georgia'; restricted to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Todd, 1930, Auk, 47, p. 257.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175511#page/143/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
28E97E1C638CA7E0
Avibase ID:
avibase-28E97E1C
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/28E97E1C
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 179492
Geographic range:
- Melospiza melodia [melodia, juddi or euphonia]: northeastern British Columbia to eastern Canada, and northeastern Montana to northern Arkansas and western North Carolina; winters southward to Texas and southeastern USA including Florida
- Melospiza melodia atlantica: coastal New York (Long Island) to North Carolina; winters to northern Georgia
- Melospiza melodia montana: eastern Oregon and northeastern California to central Montana, western Colorado, northeastern Arizona, and northern New Mexico; winters to central California and northwestern Mexico
Song Sparrow [melodia, , juddi, euphonia, atlantica or montana]
French:
Bruant chanteur [melodia, , juddi, euphonia, atlantica ou montana]
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Song Sparrow [melodia, , juddi, euphonia, atlantica or montana] ( Melospiza melodia [melodia, , juddi, euphonia, atlantica or montana]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Song Sparrow [melodia, , juddi, euphonia, atlantica or montana] ( Melospiza melodia [melodia, , juddi, euphonia, atlantica or montana]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Song Sparrow [melodia, , juddi, euphonia, atlantica or montana] ( Melospiza melodia [melodia, , juddi, euphonia, atlantica or montana]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Song Sparrow [Eastern] ( Melospiza melodia [melodia]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Song Sparrow [Eastern] ( Melospiza melodia [melodia]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Song Sparrow [Eastern] ( Melospiza melodia [melodia]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Song Sparrow [Eastern] ( Melospiza melodia [melodia]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Song Sparrow [Eastern] ( Melospiza melodia [melodia]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Song Sparrow [melodia, , juddi, euphonia, atlantica or montana] ( Melospiza melodia [melodia, , juddi, euphonia, atlantica or montana]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Song Sparrow [melodia, , juddi, euphonia, atlantica or montana] ( Melospiza melodia [melodia, , juddi, euphonia, atlantica or montana]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Song Sparrow [melodia, , juddi, euphonia, atlantica or montana] ( Melospiza melodia [melodia, , juddi, euphonia, atlantica or montana]) |
| eBird version 1.53: Song Sparrow (Eastern) ( Melospiza melodia [melodia Group]) [version 2] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies group (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Melospiza melodia
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
English: Song Sparrow, Song Sparrow (Eastern), Song Sparrow [Eastern], Song Sparrow [melodia, , juddi, euphonia, atlantica or montana], Song Sparrow [melodia, atlantica or montana]
French: Bruant chanteur (melodia), Bruant chanteur (nominal), Bruant chanteur [melodia, , juddi, euphonia, atlantica ou montana], Bruant chanteur [melodia, atlantica or montana]
Scientific: Fringilla melodia, Melospiza melodia, Melospiza melodia [melodia Group], Melospiza melodia [melodia, , juddi, euphonia, atlantica or montana], Melospiza melodia [melodia, atlantica or montana], Melospiza melodia [melodia], Melospiza melodia melodia
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