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English Song Sparrow
Scientific (Melospiza melodia mexicana)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Passerellidae
Family (English) New World Sparrows
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions NA
Breeding Range Subregions widespread, also to c Mexico
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Bahamas,Canada,Mexico,Norway,United States - Alaska,United States - mainland,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
maxima w Aleutian Is.
graminea Channel Is. (off sw California in w USA) and Los Coronados Is. (off nw Mexico)
heermanni c, sw California, n Baja California (nw Mexico)
rivularis s Baja California (nw Mexico)
fallax s Nevada, s Utah, Arizona and nw Mexico
goldmani nw to wc Mexico
mexicana sc Mexico
villai c Mexico
adusta wc Mexico
montana wc USA
melodia sc, se Canada to se USA (except Atlantic coast)
pusillula s San Francisco Bay (c coast of California in w USA)
maxillaris Suisun Bay (c coast of California in w USA)
sanaka e Aleutian Is. and tip of Alaskan Pen.
insignis Kodiak Is. and e Alaskan Pen.
kenaiensis coastal s Alaska
caurina coastal se Alaska
rufina islands off se Alaska and w Canada
merrilli e British Columbia (sw Canada) to se Washington, ne California and n Nevada (nw USA)
morphna c, sw British Columbia (sw Canada) to nw Oregon (nw USA)
cleonensis sw Oregon and nw California (w USA)
gouldii c coast of California (except San Francisco Bay) and Santa Cruz Is.
samuelsis San Pablo Bay and n San Francisco Bay (c coast of California in w USA)
atlantica coastal ec USA
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Wilson, A, 1810)
German Singammer
French Bruant chanteur
Chinese 歌带鹀
Japanese ウタスズメ
Russian Певчая овсянка
Spanish Chingolo cantor
Portuguese tico-tico-musical
Bird Data App text Generally has a prominent dark spot in the center of the chest.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)