Passeriformes / Passerellidae / Passerella

Fox Sparrow

Passerella iliaca

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (foxspa) Avibase

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Passerella

Taxonomy Changes

Passerella schistacea → Passerella iliaca

Subspecies lump — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.

Passerella unalaschcensis → Passerella iliaca

Subspecies lump — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.

Vocalizations

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Subspecies (15)

Passerella iliaca altivagans

breeds mountains of British Columbia and southwestern Alberta; winters to northwestern Baja California
Passerella iliaca annectens

breeds Alaska (Yakutat Bay region); winters to southern California
Passerella iliaca canescens

breeds mountains of Inyo County (California) and adjacent Nevada; winters to northern Baja California
Passerella iliaca chilcatensis

breeds southeastern Alaska to northwestern British Columbia (western Canada); winters Oregon coast to northern California
Passerella iliaca fuliginosa

breeds coastal southeastern Alaska to northwestern Washington; winters to southern California
Passerella iliaca iliaca

breeds Labrador and Newfoundland to southeastern Quebec and Ontario; winters to eastern USA
Passerella iliaca insularis

breeds Alaska (Kodiak Island group); winters to southern California
Passerella iliaca megarhyncha

breeds southwestern Oregon and California (western USA); winters to central, southern California, and northwestern Baja California
Passerella iliaca olivacea

breeds mountains of southwestern British Columbia to central and eastern Washington; winters to northern Baja California
Passerella iliaca schistacea

breeds southwestern British Columbia and southwestern Alberta to northern Nevada; winters to western Texas
Passerella iliaca sinuosa

breeds Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound; winters to northwestern Baja California
Passerella iliaca swarthi

mountains of northwestern Utah and southeastern Idaho
Passerella iliaca townsendi

breeds southeastern Alaska and northwestern British Columbia (Glacier Bay to Haida Gwaii); winters from breeding range southward to central California
Passerella iliaca unalaschcensis

breeds eastern Aleutian Islands to Alaska Peninsula; winters to southern California
Passerella iliaca zaboria

breeds northwestern Alaska to southwestern Canada; winters east of Great Plains to central and southern USA

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (foxspa) Avibase

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Data Sources

Taxonomy

Taxonomy Changes

Vocalizations

Subspecies (15)

Data Sources

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