Timberline sparrow

The timberline sparrow (Spizella breweri taverneri) is a taxonomically controversial American sparrow. Usually treated as a subspecies of Brewer's sparrow, it is still considered a distinct species Spizella taverneri by many authorities. While the timberline sparrow recognizably differs in some details, there is little reproductive isolation between the taxa.

Spizella breweri taverneri

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Spizella
Species:
Subspecies:
S. b. taverneri
Trinomial name
Spizella breweri taverneri
Swarth & Brooks, 1925
Synonyms

Spizella taverneri

When it was still considered a species, it was listed as being of least concern by the IUCN.[1]

Footnotes

  1. E.g. Baillie et al. (2004).
gollark: Maybe.
gollark: I've played both.
gollark: Galacticraft is boring and grindy and has no warp drives.
gollark: Nope, AR only.
gollark: Yes.

References

  • Baillie, J.E.M.; Hilton-Taylor, C. & Stuart, S.N. (eds.) (2004): 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. A Global Species Assessment. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ISBN 2-8317-0826-5
  • BirdLife International (2004). "Spizella taverneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 27 July 2007.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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