Sagebrush sparrow

Sagebrush sparrow
Adult male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Artemisiospiza
Species:
A. nevadensis
Binomial name
Artemisiospiza nevadensis
(Ridgway, 1874)

The sagebrush sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) is a medium-sized sparrow of the western United States and northwestern Mexico. It used to be placed in the genus Amphispiza, but evidence from 2007 and 2009 suggested it be placed in its own genus.[2]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Artemisiospiza nevadensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103780166A104287465. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103780166A104287465.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Klicka and Spellman, 2007; DaCosta et al., 2009