Sooty fox sparrow
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The sooty fox sparrow (Passerella (iliaca) unalaschcensis) contains the darkest-colored taxa in the genus Passerella. It is currently classified as a "subspecies group"[1] within the fox sparrow pending wider-spread acceptance of species status. It has long been suspected to be a separate evolutionary lineage due to morphological distinctness (Swarth 1920), and this is confirmed by analysis of mtDNA sequence and haplotype data (Zink 1994, Zink & Kessen 1999, Zink & Weckstein 2003). This group appears to be most closely related to the thick-billed and/or slate-colored fox sparrows (Zink 1996, Zink & Weckstein 2003).
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Sooty fox sparrow | |
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Passerella (iliaca) unalaschcensis in the state of Washington | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Passerellidae |
Genus: | Passerella |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | P. i. unalaschcensis |
Trinomial name | |
Passerella iliaca unalaschcensis (Gmelin, 1789) | |
Breeding Year-round Nonbreeding |
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