Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Scientific name definitions
- Names (31)
- Subspecies (19)
Jason D. Weckstein, Donald E. Kroodsma, and Robert C. Faucett
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2002
Text last updated January 1, 2002
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | sit vulpí rogenc |
| Czech | strnadec kaštanový |
| Danish | Rævespurv sp. |
| Dutch | Roodstaartgors |
| English | Fox Sparrow |
| English (United States) | Fox Sparrow |
| Finnish | kettusirkku |
| French | Bruant fauve |
| French (France) | Bruant fauve |
| German | Fuchsammer |
| Greek | Κόκκινο Σπουργιτοτσίχλονο |
| Hebrew | גיבתונית חומת-זנב |
| Hungarian | Vörhenyes verébsármány |
| Icelandic | Tófutittlingur |
| Italian | Passerella variabile |
| Japanese | ゴマフスズメ |
| Lithuanian | Margagurklė starta |
| Norwegian | revespurv |
| Polish | pasówka rudosterna |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Tico-tico-raposino |
| Romanian | Presură striată ruginie |
| Russian | Пестрогрудая овсянка |
| Serbian | Lisičji strnad |
| Slovak | strnádlik gaštanový |
| Slovenian | Lisičji strnad |
| Spanish | Chingolo Zorruno |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Gorrión Rascador |
| Spanish (Spain) | Chingolo zorruno |
| Swedish | brun/tjocknäbbad rävsparv/skifferrävsparv/rosträvsparv |
| Turkish | Tilki Renkli Serçe |
| Ukrainian | Пасовник рябогрудий |
Passerella iliaca (Merrem, 1786)
PROTONYM:
Fringilla iliaca
Merrem, 1786. Avium rariorum et minus cognitarum Icones et Descriptiones collectae e germanicus latinae factae fasc.2, p.37 pl.10.
TYPE LOCALITY:
North America [reference not verified] ; restricted to Quebec by Oberholser, 1946, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., 36, p. 389.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PASSERELLA
- iliaca / iliacus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Fox Sparrow.
This species winters very locally north and south of the distribution shown. See text for details.
