Bell's sparrow

Bell's sparrow
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Artemisiospiza
Species:
A. belli
Binomial name
Artemisiospiza belli
(Cassin, 1850)

Bell's sparrow (Artemisiospiza belli) is a medium-sized sparrow of the western United States and northwestern Mexico. It used to be placed in the genus Amphispiza, but recent evidence suggested it be placed in its own genus.[2][3]

Four populations are resident to the west: subspecies canescens breeds in south-central California, the dark nominate subspecies belli in the California Coast Ranges and part of the western slope of the Sierra Nevada south to about 29°N in Baja California, the equally dark subspecies clementeae limited to San Clemente Island, and subspecies cinerea in western Baja California from 29°N to 26°45′N. The AOU now considers Bell's sparrow a separate species, formerly grouped with the sagebrush sparrow, and together previously known as the sage sparrow.[4]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2021). "Artemisiospiza belli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T103780113A136888436. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T103780113A136888436.en. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
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