Thick-billed Fox Sparrow

Overview

Thick-billed Fox Sparrow (Passerella megarhyncha) is a species of New World Sparrows (Passerellidae) in the order Perching Birds (Passerines).

Scientific Classification

Genus: Passerella; binomial: Passerella megarhyncha; authority: Baird, SF, 1858.

Distribution

Breeding range: the Nearctic. Non-breeding range: C, s California and nw Baja California.

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

Monotypic, including subspecies mariposae, stephensi, monoensis, brevicauda, and fulva (see BNA; Weckstein et al. 2002).