Fox Sparrow

Passerella iliaca

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Passerellidae
Genus
Passerella
eBird Code
foxspa

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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Micah Grove · CC_BY_4_0
Micah Grove · CC_BY_4_0

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.

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