Spizella

Field sparrow Spizella pusilla, copyright Tom Benson.

Belongs within: Passerellidae.

Spizella is a genus of relatively small sparrows found in North America.

<==Spizella Bonaparte 1832 [Spizellinae]RJ11
| i. s.: S. monticolaS05
| |--S. m. monticolaS05
| `--S. m. ochracea Brewster 1882S05
|--S. pallida (Swainson 1832)BKB15, RJ11 [=Emberiza pallidaRJ11]
`--+--+--+--S. breweri Cassin 1856BKB15, RJ11
| | `--S. taverneri Swarth & Brooks 1925BKB15, RJ11 [=S. breweri taverneriRJ11]
| `--S. passerina (Bechstein 1798)BKB15, RJ11 [=Fringilla passerinaRJ11]
| |--S. p. passerinaRJ11
| |--S. p. arizonae Coues 1872 [incl. S. p. boreophila, S. p. stridula]RJ11
| |--S. p. atremaea Moore 1937 [incl. S. p. comparanda]RJ11
| |--S. p. mexicana Nelson 1899 [incl. S. p. repetens]RJ11
| `--S. p. pinetorum Salvin 1863 [incl. S. p. cicada]RJ11
`--+--S. atrogularis (Cabanis 1851)BKB15, RJ11 [=Spinites atrogularisRJ11]
| |--S. a. atrogularisRJ11
| |--S. a. cana Coues 1866RJ11
| |--S. a. caurina Miller 1929RJ11
| `--S. a. evura Coues 1866RJ11
`--+--S. pusilla (Wilson 1810)BKB15, RJ11 [=Fringilla pusillaRJ11]
| |--S. p. pusillaRJ11
| `--S. p. arenacea Chadbourne 1886 [incl. S. p. perissura, S. p. vernonia]RJ11
`--S. wortheni Ridgway 1884BKB15, RJ11
|--S. w. wortheniRJ11
`--S. w. browni Webster & Orr 1954RJ11

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[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.

[S05] Schalow, H. 1905. Die Vögel der Arktis. In: Römer, F., & F. Schaudinn (eds) Fauna Arctica. Eine Zusammenstellun der arktischen Tierformen, mit besonder Berücksichtigung des Spitzbergen-Gebietes auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedition in das Nördliche Eismeer im Jahre 1898 vol. 4 pp. 79–288. Gustav Fischer: Jena.

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