Timberline sparrow
| Spizella breweri taverneri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Emberizidae |
| Genus: | Spizella |
| Species: | S. breweri |
| Subspecies: | S. b. taverneri |
| Trinomial name | |
| Spizella breweri taverneri Swarth & Brooks, 1925 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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 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.
When it was still considered a good species, it was listed as being of least concern by the IUCN.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ E.g. Baillie et al. (2004).
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. Version 2006. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 July 2007.
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