Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia - Bruant chanteur

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Passerellidés
Genus
:
Melospiza
Species
:
melodia

Descriptor

Wilson, A, 1810

Biometrics

Size
: 17 cm
Wingspan
: 18 à 24 cm.
Weight
: 12 à 53 g

Longevity

11 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) is a species of bird in the Passerellidae family.

Subspecific information 24 subspecies

Melospiza melodia melodia (sc and se Canada to se USA. except Atlantic coast.)
Melospiza melodia maxima (w Aleutian Is.)
Melospiza melodia sanaka (e Aleutians and tip of Alaskan Pen.)
Melospiza melodia insignis (Kodiak Is. and e Alaskan Pen.)
Melospiza melodia kenaiensis (coastal s Alaska)
Melospiza melodia caurina (coastal se Alaska)
Melospiza melodia rufina (islands off se Alaska and w Canada)
Melospiza melodia merrilli (e British Columbia. sw Canada. to se Washington, ne California and n Nevada (nw USA))
Melospiza melodia morphna (c and sw British Columbia. sw Canada. to nw Oregon (nw USA))
Melospiza melodia cleonensis (sw Oregon and nw California. w USA.)
Melospiza melodia gouldii (c coast of California. except San Francisco Bay. , Santa Cruz Is.)
Melospiza melodia samuelsis (San Pablo Bay and n San Francisco Bay. c coast of California in w USA.)
Melospiza melodia maxillaris (Suisan Bay. c coast of California in w USA.)
Melospiza melodia pusillula (s San Francisco Bay. c coast of California in w USA.)
Melospiza melodia graminea (Channel Is.. off sw California in w USA. and Los Coronados Is. (off nw Mexico))
Melospiza melodia heermanni (c and sw California, n Baja California. nw Mexico.)
Melospiza melodia rivularis (s Baja California. nw Mexico.)
Melospiza melodia fallax (s Nevada, s Utah, Arizona and nw Mexico)
Melospiza melodia goldmani (nw to wc Mexico)
Melospiza melodia mexicana (sc Mexico)
Melospiza melodia villai (c Mexico)
Melospiza melodia adusta (wc Mexico)
Melospiza melodia montana (wc USA)
Melospiza melodia atlantica (coastal ec USA)

Foreign names

Bruant chanteur,
Chingolo cantor,
tico-tico-musical,
Singammer,
énekes verébsármány,
Zanggors,
Passero cantore,
sångsparv,
Sangspurv,
strnádlik spevavý,
strnadec zpěvný,
Sangspurv,
laulusirkku,
sit melòdic,
Ómtittlingur,
szarobrewka śpiewna,
dziedātājzvirbulis,
pojoči vrabonad,
Певчая овсянка,
ウタスズメ,
歌带鹀,
sångsparv,
歌帶鵐,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Shrubland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Intertidal : Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens