Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (33)
- 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
Text last updated January 1, 2002
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | sit cantaire |
| Czech | strnadec zpěvný |
| Danish | Sangspurv |
| Dutch | Zanggors |
| English | Song Sparrow |
| English (United States) | Song Sparrow |
| Finnish | laulusirkku |
| French | Bruant chanteur |
| French (France) | 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 (Cuba) | Gorrión cantor |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Gorrión |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Gorrión Cantor |
| Spanish (Spain) | Chingolo cantor |
| Swedish | sångsparv |
| Turkish | Ötücü Serçe |
| Ukrainian | Пасовка співоча |
Melospiza melodia (Wilson, 1810)
PROTONYM:
Fringilla melodia
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.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.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MELOSPIZA
- melodia / melodius
The Key to Scientific Names
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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 Song Sparrow.
