Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Subspecies (2)
Michael Carey, D. E. Burhans, and Douglas A. Nelson
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 19, 2008
Text last updated December 19, 2008
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | sit campestre |
| Dutch | Veldgors |
| English | Field Sparrow |
| English (United States) | Field Sparrow |
| French | Bruant des champs |
| French (France) | Bruant des champs |
| German | Klapperammer |
| Icelandic | Akurtittlingur |
| Japanese | ヒメドリ |
| Norwegian | markspurv |
| Polish | spizela polna |
| Russian | Полевая малая овсянка |
| Serbian | Livadski strnad |
| Slovak | strnádlik poľný |
| Spanish | Chingolo Campestre |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Gorrión Llanero |
| Spanish (Spain) | Chingolo campestre |
| Swedish | åkersparv |
| Turkish | Tarla Serçesi |
| Ukrainian | Карнатка польова |
Spizella pusilla (Wilson, 1810)
PROTONYM:
Fringilla pusilla
Wilson, 1810. American Ornithology or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States: Illustrated with Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature 2, p.121 pl.16 fig.2.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Pennsylvania ; type from Philadelphia, fide Amer. Ornith. Union, 1931, Check-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 4, p. 349.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- SPIZELLA
- pusilla
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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. Breeding, year-round, and winter ranges of the Field Sparrow.
