
Belongs within: Passerellidae.
Zonotrichia is a genus of New World sparrows with a stout bill, streaked back, and bold head coloration.
<==Zonotrichia Swainson 1832 [Zonotrichiinae]RJ11
|--Z. capensis (Statius Müller 1776)BKB15, RJ11 [=Fringilla capensisRJ11]
| |--Z. c. capensisRJ11
| |--Z. c. antillarum (Riley 1916)RJ11
| |--Z. c. antofagastae Chapman 1940RJ11
| |--Z. c. australis (Latham 1790)RJ11
| |--Z. c. carabayae Chapman 1940RJ11
| |--Z. c. chilensis (Meyen 1834)RJ11
| |--Z. c. choraules (Wetmore & Peters 1922)RJ11
| |--Z. c. costaricensis Allen 1891RJ11
| |--Z. c. huancabambae Chapman 1940 [incl. Z. c. markli]RJ11
| |--Z. c. hypoleuca (Todd 1915)RJ11
| |--Z. c. illescasensis Koepcke 1963RJ11
| |--Z. c. inaccessibilis Phelps & Phelps 1955RJ11
| |--Z. c. insularis (Ridgway 1898)RJ11
| |--Z. c. macconnelli Sharpe 1900RJ11
| |--Z. c. matutina (Lichtenstein 1823)RJ11
| |--Z. c. mellea (Wetmore 1922)RJ11
| |--Z. c. orestera Wetmore 1951RJ11
| |--Z. c. peruviensis (Lesson 1834)RJ11
| |--Z. c. pulacayensis (Ménégaux 1908)RJ11
| |--Z. c. roraimae (Chapman 1929) [incl. Z. c. bonnetiana, Z. c. perechinchillorum]RJ11
| |--Z. c. sanborni Hellmayr 1932RJ11
| |--Z. c. septentrionalis Griscom 1930RJ11
| |--Z. c. subtorquata Swainson 1837RJ11
| |--Z. c. tocantinsi Chapman 1940RJ11
| `--Z. c. venezuelae Chapman 1939RJ11
`--+--+--Z. albicollis (Gmelin 1789)BKB15, RJ11 [=Fringilla albicollisRJ11]
| `--Z. querula (Nuttall 1840)BKB15, RJ11 [=Fringilla querulaRJ11]
`--+--Z. atricapilla (Gmelin 1789)BKB15, RJ11 [=Emberiza atricapillaRJ11]
`--Z. leucophrys (Forster 1772)BKB15, RJ11 [=Emberiza leucophrysRJ11, Fringilla leucophrysS05]
|--Z. l. leucophrys [incl. Z. l. aphaea]RJ11
|--Z. l. gambelii (Nuttall 1840)RJ11
|--Z. l. nuttalli Ridgway 1899RJ11
|--Z. l. oriantha Oberholser 1932RJ11
`--Z. l. pugetensis Grinnell 1928RJ11
*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.