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Zonotrichia (sparrow)
Taxonomy
Zonotrichia was named by Swainson (1832). It is extant. It was considered unknown by Emslie (1998).
It was assigned to Emberizinae by Wetmore (1956); to Fringillidae by Wetmore (1962), Parmalee and Klippel (1982); to Emberizidae by Guthrie (1992), Emslie (1998); and to Passerellidae by Clements et al. (2017), Tambussi et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Emberizinae by Wetmore (1956); to Fringillidae by Wetmore (1962), Parmalee and Klippel (1982); to Emberizidae by Guthrie (1992), Emslie (1998); and to Passerellidae by Clements et al. (2017), Tambussi et al. (2023).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1832 | Zonotrichia Swainson |
| 1898 | Brachyspiza Ridgway |
| 1956 | Zonotrichia Wetmore p. 101 |
| 1962 | Zonotrichia Wetmore p. 14 |
| 1982 | Zonotrichia Parmalee and Klippel p. 366 |
| 1992 | Zonotrichia Guthrie p. 324 |
| 1998 | Zonotrichia Emslie |
| 2017 | Zonotrichia Clements et al. |
| 2023 | Zonotrichia Tambussi et al. p. 282 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Zonotrichia Swainson 1832 [sparrow]
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Zonotrichia albicollis Gmelin 1789 [white-throated sparrow]
Zonotrichia atricapilla Gmelin 1789 [golden-crowned sparrow]
Zonotrichia capensis Statius Muller 1776 [rufous-collared sparrow]
Zonotrichia leucophrys Forster 1772 [white-crowned sparrow]
Zonotrichia robusta Tonni 1970
Invalid names: Brachyspiza Ridgway 1898 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 2.58000 to 0.01400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Zonotrichia sp., Zonotrichia leucophrys (20384) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (California) | Zonotrichia leucophrys, Zonotrichia atricapilla (176098) | |
| Ensenadan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Zonotrichia robusta (36611) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Zonotrichia leucophrys (20350) Zonotrichia leucophrys, Zonotrichia albicollis (20385) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Colorado) | Zonotrichia sp., Zonotrichia leucophrys (152653) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Zonotrichia leucophrys (152007) | |
| Rancholabrean - Holocene | USA (California) | Zonotrichia leucophrys (84904) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | Zonotrichia albicollis (93277) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Zonotrichia leucophrys (125236) Zonotrichia sp., Zonotrichia leucophrys, Zonotrichia atricapilla (123918 215552) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Zonotrichia albicollis (82258) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Tennessee) | Zonotrichia albicollis (82890) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Dominican Republic | Brachyspiza capensis (194485) |