Pooecetes gramineus confinis

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,793 meters (0 to 9,163 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pooecetes

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. gramineus (Bay-Winged Bunting) · P. gramineus affinis (Oregon Vesper Sparrow) · P. gramineus confinis (Vesper Sparrow) · P. gramineus gramineus (Vesper Sparrow)

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Further Reading

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• A faunal investigation of western Rainy River District, Ontario / [Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology], 1938. url p. 162.
• A history of the birds of Colorado, London, Witherby & Co., 1912. url .
• A preliminary report on the biology of Harding County, northwestern South Dakota / by Stephen S. Visher. Pierre, S.D.: State Publishing Co., 1914. url p. 81.
• A preliminary review of the birds of Nebraska, with synopses, Omaha, 1904 url .
• A systematic list of the birds of California / by Joseph Grinnell. Hollywood: Cooper Ornithological Club, 1912. url p. 21.
• An account of the mammals and birds of the lower Colorado Valley: with especial reference to the distributional problems presented / by Joseph Grinnell. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1914. url p. 112.
• Animal and plant life in Oklahoma, Norman, 1917. url .
• Animal life in the Yosemite; an account of the mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians in a cross-section of the Sierra Nevada, by Joseph Grinnell and Tracy Irwin Storer. .. Berkeley, Calif., University of California Press, 1924. url , , p. 440.
• Bird notes afield; essays on the birds of the Pacific coast with a field check list, by Charles Keeler; illustrated with reproductions of photographs. San Franciso and New York, P. Elder and company[1907, c1906] url p. 186.
• Birds of California: an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies / Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1912, c1903. url .
• Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies, Chicago, A.C. McClurg, 1916. url .
• Birds of Oregon, by Ira N. Gabrielson. .. and Stanley G. Jewett. .. Corvallis, Or., Pub. by Oregon State College through the O.S.C. Cooperative Association[c1940] url .
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• Birds of the Huachuca mountains, Arizona, by Harry S. Swarth. Los Angeles, Cal.: The Club, 1904. url p. 38.
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• Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 492.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 592267
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179368
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13903037
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179368
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 407168

Footnotes

1. Mean = 1,292.890 meters (4,241.765 feet), Standard Deviation = 721.780 based on 292 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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