Passerella

Belongs within: Passerellidae.

Passerella, fox sparrows, is a North American genus of sparrows with long wings, strong feet, and a stout, conical bill with a straight culmen.

<==Passerella Swainson 1837 [Passerellinae]RJ11
    |--P. arborea (Wilson 1810) [=Fringilla arborea, Spizella arborea]RJ11
    |    |--P. a. arboreaRJ11
    |    `--P. a. ochracea (Brewster 1882)RJ11
    |--P. iliaca (Merrem 1786) [=Fringilla iliaca, Zonotrichia iliaca]RJ11
    |    |--P. i. iliacaRJ11
    |    `--P. i. zaboria Oberholser 1946RJ11
    |--P. megarhyncha Baird 1858 [=P. megarhynchus]RJ11
    |    |--P. m. megarhynchaRJ11 [=P. iliaca megarhynchaZ83; incl. P. iliaca mariposaeB50, P. megarhyncha mariposaeRJ11]
    |    |--P. m. brevicauda Mailliard 1918RJ11 [=P. iliaca brevicaudaZ83]
    |    |--P. m. monoensis Grinnell & Storer 1917RJ11 [=P. iliaca monoensisZ83]
    |    `--P. m. stephensi Anthony 1895RJ11 [=P. iliaca stephensiZ83]
    |--P. schistacea Baird 1858RJ11
    |    |--P. s. schistaceaRJ11 [=P. iliaca schistaceaB50]
    |    |--P. s. altivagans Riley 1911 [=P. iliaca altivagans]RJ11
    |    |--P. s. canescens Swarth 1918RJ11 [=P. iliaca canescensZ83]
    |    |--P. s. fulva Swarth 1918RJ11 [=P. iliaca fulvaZ83, P. megarhyncha fulvaRJ11]
    |    |--P. s. olivacea Aldrich 1943RJ11
    |    `--R. s. swarthi Behle & Selander 1951RJ11
    `--P. unalaschensis (Gmelin 1789) [=Emberiza unalaschcensis, Zonotrichia unalaschcensis]RJ11
         |--P. u. unalaschcensisRJ11
         |--P. u. annectens Ridgway 1900RJ11
         |--P. u. chilcatensis Webster 1983RJ11
         |--P. u. fuliginosa Ridgway 1899RJ11
         |--P. u. insularis Ridgway 1900RJ11 [=P. iliaca insularisB50; incl. Zonotrichia unalaschcensis ridgwayiRJ11]
         |--P. u. sinuosa Grinnell 1910RJ11
         `--P. u. townsendi (Audubon 1838)RJ11

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B50] Brooks, J. L. 1950. Speciation in ancient lakes. Quarterly Review of Biology 25: 30–60.

[RJ11] Rising, J. D., A. Jaramillo, J. L. Copete, P. G. Ryan & S. C. Madge. 2011. Family Emberizidae (buntings and New World sparrows). In: Hoyo, J. del, A. Elliott & D. A. Christie (eds) Handbook of the Birds of the World vol. 16. Tanagers to New World Blackbirds pp. 428–683. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona.

[Z83] Zink, R. M. 1983. Evolutionary and systematic significance of temporal variation in the fox sparrow. Systematic Zoology 32 (3): 223–238.