Worthen’s Sparrow / Spizella wortheni
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Worthen's Sparrow
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Protonym: Spizella wortheni Proc.U.S.Natl.Mus. 7 p.259
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Passerellidae / Spizella
Taxonomy Code: worspa
Type Locality: Silver City, New Mexico.
Author: Ridgway
Publish Year: 1884
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
SPIZELLA
(Passerellidae; Ϯ Field Sparrow S. pusilla) Dim. < Gr. σπιζα spiza finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp; "FIELD SPARROW. FRINGILLA PUSILLA. ... THIS is the smallest of all our Sparrows, and in Pennsylvania is generally migratory. ... It is more frequently found in the middle of fields and orchards than any of the other species, which usually lurk along hedge rows." (A. Wilson 1810); "3. Spizella, Nob. (typ. Fr. pusilla, Wils.)" (Bonaparte 1831).
Synon. Spinites.
wortheni
Charles Kimball Worthen (1850-1909) US draughtsman, naturalist (syn. Pterodroma alba, Spizella).
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)
