Worthen’s Sparrow

Worthen\'s Sparrow / Spizella wortheni

Worthen's Sparrow

Here the details of the Worthen's Sparrow named bird below:

SCI Name:  Spizella wortheni
Protonym:  Spizella wortheni Proc.U.S.Natl.Mus. 7 p.259
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Passerellidae /
Taxonomy Code:  worspa
Type Locality:  Silver City, New Mexico.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1884
IUCN Status:  

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).