LeConte’s Sparrow / Ammospiza leconteii
WBN 
LeConte's Sparrow
SCI Name:
Protonym: Emberiza le conteii BirdsAm.[8vo] [8vo], 7 p.338 pl.488 ydP
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Passerellidae / Ammospiza
Taxonomy Code: lecspa
Type Locality: prairies of upper Missouri River.
Author: Audubon
Publish Year: 1844
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
AMMOSPIZA
(Passerellidae; † Saltmarsh Sparrow A. caudacuta) Gr. αμμος ammos sand; σπιζα spiza finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp; "Since the term Ammodramus Swainson belongs to Coturniculus, as already shown, another name is required for the group to which the former has been applied, and as there is none such available, it may be called Ammospiza, from αμ,μος [sic] harena, and σπιζα, fringilla, with Oriolus caudacutus Gmelin as the type." (Oberholser 1905); "Ammospiza Oberholser, Smiths. Misc. Coll., 48, p. 68, May 13, 1905—new name for Ammodramus Swainson, Dec., 1827, preoccupied." (Hellmayr, 1938, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. XI, p. 504) (see Ammodramus).
Synon. Ammodramus, Passerina.
lecontei / leconteii / lecontii
● Lt.-Col. Dr John Lawrence LeConte (1825-1883) US Army surgeon, entomologist, biologist, collector in North America (Ammodramus, Ispidina, Toxostoma).
● Prof. Dr Joseph LeConte (1823-1901) US geologist, conservationist (syn. Dryobates pubescens).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: 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)
