American Tree Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Here the details of the American Tree Sparrow named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Fringilla arborea Am.Orn. 2 p.123 pl.16 fig.3
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Passerellidae / Spizelloides
Taxonomy Code: amtspa
Type Locality: Pennsylvania.
Author: Wilson, A
Publish Year: 1810
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
Spizelloides
(syn. Passerella Ϯ American Tree Sparrow P. arborea) Genus Spizella Bonaparte, 1831, sparrow; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs resembling; "Spizella arborea has been previously placed in seven other genera: Emberiza, Fringilla, Passer, Passerella, Passerina, Spinites, and Zonotrichia ... However, S. arborea is not the type species of any of these genera ... Because no generic name is currently available for the American Tree Sparrow, we describe a new genus: Spizelloides, gen. nov. Type species. Fringilla arborea Wilson, currently Spizella arborea. ... Etymology: The generic epithet Spizelloides is formed from the sparrow genus Spizella and the Greek suffix -oidēs (resembling; Brown 1956). The name alludes to the evolutionary convergence in plumage, morphology, and behavior that led to Spizelloides arborea being considered a Spizella sparrow for many years. The gender of Spizelloides is feminine" (Slager & Klicka 2014).
arborea / arboreus
L. arboreus arboreal, of a tree < arbor, arboris tree.
● "61 ANAS. ... arborea. 38. A. grisea, capite subcristato, abdomine albo nigroque maculato. Anas fistularis rufus, rostro nigro, occidentalis. Edw. av. 193. t. 193. Anas fistularis arboribus insidens. Sloan. jam. 2. p. 324. t. 272. Raj. av. 192. Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Dendrocygna).
● "93. ALAUDA. ... arborea. 3. A. capite vitta annulari alba cincto. Alauda rectricibus fuscis: prima oblique dimidiato-alba, secunda tertia quarta macula alba cuneiformi. Fn. svec. 192. Alauda arborea. Will. orn. 149. Raj. av. 69. n. 2. Habitat in Europa, gregaria volitans." (Linnaeus 1758) (Lullula).
● "TREE SPARROW. FRINGILLA ARBOREA. ... If disturbed takes to trees, like the White-throated Sparrow, but contrary to the habit of most of the others, who are inclined rather to dive into thickets" (A. Wilson 1810) (Passerella).
SUBSPECIES
American Tree Sparrow (arborea)
SCI Name: Spizelloides arborea arborea
arborea / arboreus
L. arboreus arboreal, of a tree < arbor, arboris tree.
● "61 ANAS. ... arborea. 38. A. grisea, capite subcristato, abdomine albo nigroque maculato. Anas fistularis rufus, rostro nigro, occidentalis. Edw. av. 193. t. 193. Anas fistularis arboribus insidens. Sloan. jam. 2. p. 324. t. 272. Raj. av. 192. Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Dendrocygna).
● "93. ALAUDA. ... arborea. 3. A. capite vitta annulari alba cincto. Alauda rectricibus fuscis: prima oblique dimidiato-alba, secunda tertia quarta macula alba cuneiformi. Fn. svec. 192. Alauda arborea. Will. orn. 149. Raj. av. 69. n. 2. Habitat in Europa, gregaria volitans." (Linnaeus 1758) (Lullula).
● "TREE SPARROW. FRINGILLA ARBOREA. ... If disturbed takes to trees, like the White-throated Sparrow, but contrary to the habit of most of the others, who are inclined rather to dive into thickets" (A. Wilson 1810) (Passerella).
American Tree Sparrow (ochracea)
SCI Name: Spizelloides arborea ochracea
ochracea
Mod. L. ochraceus ochraceous, ochreous < L. ochra ochre < Gr. ωχρα ōkhra yellow-ochre.
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)