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Red Fox Sparrow

Passerella iliaca

Classification

Class
Aves

Red fox sparrow is the collective name for the most brightly colored taxa in the American sparrow genus Passerella, the Passerella iliaca iliaca group. Taxonomy Pending wider-spread acceptance of species status, the red fox sparrow is currently classified as a "subspecies group" within fox sparrows. It has long been suspected to be a separate evolutionary lineage due to morphological distinctness, and this is confirmed by analysis of mtDNA sequence and haplotype data.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 696,635Canada · 205,233France · 1,166Mexico · 149United Kingdom · 1