Biology:Timberline sparrow

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Short description: Subspecies of bird

Spizella breweri taverneri

Apparently Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

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).

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7804717 entry