Aimophila botterii

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• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Vegetation: northern temperate grasslands • Maximum Elevation: 2,400 meters • Foraging Strata: Terrestrial • Center of Abundance: Upper tropical: higher slopes, 900-1,600 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Low

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,326 meters (0 to 7,631 feet).[1]

Ecology:
List of Habitats :1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane 4.4Grassland - Temperate

Biology

Diet

Primarily: Insects

Lesser Quantities of: Seeds

Reproduction

• Breeding Habitat : Grassland
• Nest Location: Ground-low nesting
• Nest Type: Open-cup
• Clutch Size: 4
• Length of Incubation : ? days
• Days to Fledge : ?
• Number of Broods: ?

Migration

some migrate

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Aimophila botterii /i> (Sclater, Pl) 1858

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001.

Similar Species

Cassin's Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow

Members of the genus Aimophila

There are approximately 59 species in this genus:

A. acuminata · A. aestivalis (Bachman's Sparrow Sparrow) · A. aestivalis aestivalis (Bachman's Sparrow Sparrow) · A. aestivalis bachmani · A. aestivalis illinoensis · A. botteri · A. botterii (Arizona Summer Finch) · A. botterii arizonae (Botteri's Sparrow) · A. botterii botterii (Arizona Summer Finch) · A. botterii goldmani · A. botterii petenica (Botteri's Sparrow) · A. botterii texana (Texas Botteri's Sparrow) · A. botterii vulcanica · A. carapalis carapalis · A. carpalis (Bendire's Summer Finch) · A. carpalis carpalis (Bendire's Summer Finch) · A. carpalis cohaerens · A. cassinii (Cassin's Summer Finch) · A. humeralis (Black-Chested Sparrow) · A. mystacalis (Bridled Sparrow) · A. notosticta (Oaxaca Sparrow) · A. petenica · A. quinquestriata (Five-Striped Sparrow) · A. quinquestriata quinquestriata (Five-Striped Sparrow) · A. quinquestriata septentrionalis · A. rufescens (Rusty Sparrow) · A. rufescens antonensis · A. rufescens discolor · A. rufescens hypaethrus · A. rufescens mcleodii · A. rufescens meleodii · A. rufescens pectoralis · A. rufescens pyrgitoides · A. rufescens rufescens (Rusty Sparrow) · A. ruficauda (Stripe-Headed Sparrow) · A. ruficauda acuminata · A. ruficauda connectens · A. ruficauda lawrencii · A. ruficauda ruficauda (Stripe-Headed Sparrow) · A. ruficeps (Californis Rufous-Crowned Sparrow) · A. ruficeps australis · A. ruficeps boucardi · A. ruficeps canescens (Southern California Rufous-Crowned Sparrow) · A. ruficeps eremoeca (Rufous-Crowned Sparrow) · A. ruficeps fusca · A. ruficeps obscura · A. ruficeps ruficeps (Californis Rufous-Crowned Sparrow) · A. ruficeps rupicola (Yuma Rufous-Crowned Sparrow) · A. ruficeps sanctorum · A. ruficeps scotti · A. ruficeps scottii · A. ruficeps simulans · A. ruficeps sororia · A. ruficeps x · A. stolzmanni · A. strigiceps (Stripe-Capped Sparrow) · A. strigiceps dabbenei · A. strigiceps strigiceps (Stripe-Capped Sparrow) · A. sumichrasti (Cinnamon-Tailed Sparrow)

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Further Reading

• Alsop, Fred J. III. Birds of North America - Eastern Region. First American Edition. Smithsonian Handbooks. DK Publishing, Inc. 2001.
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner 1987. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C., USA. 79.
• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 1802, p. 259, p. 260, p. 975.
• Ehrlich, P., Dobkin, D., and Wheye, D. (1988). The Birders Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc. (info on clutch size, length of incubation, days to fledge and number of broods.)
• Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc. (Length and wingspan info.)

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• Hines, J. E., Gregory Gough, J. R. Sauer, et al. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
• NatureServe. 2003. Downloadable animal data sets. NatureServe Central Databases. Accessed February 6, 2005.
• Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, and quot;Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds, and quot; in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Sauer, J. R., J. E. Hines, and J. Fallon. 2005. The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966 - 2004. Version 2005.2. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
• Sauer, J. R., S. Schwartz, and B. Hoover. 1996. The Christmas Bird Count Home Page. Version 95.1. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 09, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3850286
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179392
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13724770
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179390
• IUCN ID: 53581
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABPBX91060
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13233

Footnotes

1. Mean = 1,123.750 meters (3,686.844 feet), Standard Deviation = 622.000 based on 312 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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