Fox sparrow | |
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Red fox sparrow (P. i. iliaca), Whitby, Ontario | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Passerellidae |
Genus: | Passerella Swainson, 1837 |
Species: | P. iliaca
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Binomial name | |
Passerella iliaca (Merrem, 1786)
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Breeding ranges of the four fox sparrow groups |
The fox sparrow (Passerella iliaca) is a large New World sparrow. It is the only member of the genus Passerella, although some authors split the species into four (see below).