Family Passerellidae Cabanis 1851 (new world sparrow)

Aves - Passeriformes - Passerellidae

Parent taxon: Passeriformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Acanthisittidae, Acanthizidae, Acrocephalidae, Alaudidae, Artamidae, Atrichornithidae, Bernieridae, Bombycillidae, Calcariidae, Callaeidae, Calyptophilidae, Campephagidae, Cardinalidae, Certhiidae, Cinclidae, Cinclosomatidae, Climacteridae, Coerebidae, Corvidae, Corvitalusoides, Cracticidae, Dasyornithidae, Dicaeidae, Dulidae, Emberizidae, Eopsaltriidae, Estrildidae, Eurylaimidae, Formicaroidae, Fringillidae, Fringilloidae, Furnariidae, Hirundinidae, Icteridae, Laniidae, Locustellidae, Macrosphenidae, Maluridae, Meliphagidae, Menurae, Mimidae, Mohoidae, Mohouidae, Monarchidae, Motacillidae, Muscicapidae, Nectariniidae, Oriolidae, Orthonychidae, Oscines, Pachycephalidae, Paradisaeidae, Paridae, Parulidae, Passeres, Passeridae, Petroicidae, Phaenicophilidae, Phylloscopidae, Pipridae, Ploceidae, Polioptilidae, Prunellidae, Psophodidae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Pycnonotidae, Rhinocryptidae, Rhipiduridae, Scotocercidae, Scytalopidae, Sittidae, Spindalidae, Sturnidae, Sylviidae, Thamnophilidae, Thraupidae, Tichodromidae, Tityridae, Troglodytidae, Turdidae, Tyrannidae, Vangidae, Vireonidae, Wieslochia, Winnicavis, Yunnanus, Zosteropidae

Subtaxa: Ammodramus Amphispiza Calamospiza Chondestes Junco Melospiza Melozone Passerculus Passerella Pipilo Pooecetes Spizella Zonotrichia

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), the Bahamas (2), Bermuda (23), the Dominican Republic (1), Mexico (2), United States (30: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, Wyoming)

• Neogene of United States (1: Arizona)

Total: 60 collections including 136 occurrences

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