Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (31)
- Subspecies (25)
Peter Arcese, Mark K. Sogge, Amy B. Marr, and Michael A. Patten
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2002
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2002
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Czech | strnadec zpěvný |
Danish | Sangspurv |
Dutch | Zanggors |
English | Song Sparrow |
English (United States) | Song Sparrow |
Finnish | laulusirkku |
French | Bruant chanteur |
French (French Guiana) | Bruant chanteur |
German | Singammer |
Greek | Μελωδικό Σπουργιτοτσίχλονο |
Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Zwazo-kann chantè |
Hebrew | גיבתונית רוננת |
Hungarian | Énekes verébsármány |
Icelandic | Ómtittlingur |
Japanese | ウタスズメ |
Lithuanian | Žvirbliastartė giesmininkė |
Norwegian | sangspurv |
Polish | szarobrewka śpiewna |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Tico-tico-musical |
Romanian | Presură striată melodioasă |
Russian | Певчая овсянка |
Serbian | Strnad pevač |
Slovak | strnádlik spevavý |
Slovenian | Pojoči vrabonad |
Spanish | Chingolo Cantor |
Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Gorrión |
Spanish (Mexico) | Gorrión Cantor |
Spanish (Spain) | Chingolo cantor |
Swedish | sångsparv |
Turkish | Ötücü Serçe |
Ukrainian | Пасовка співоча |
Melospiza melodia ("Wilson, A", 1810)
PROTONYM:
Fringilla melodia
"Wilson, A", 1810. American Ornithology 2, p.125 pl.16 fig.4.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'every district of the United States from Canada to the southern boundaries of Georgia'; restricted to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Todd, 1930, Auk, 47, p. 257.
Definitions
- MELOSPIZA
- melodia / melodius
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Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Figure 1. Distribution of the Song Sparrow.