Melospiza: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae
- Genus
- Melospiza
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Melospiza
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Melospiza
Melospiza is a genus of passerine birds formerly placed in the family Emberizidae, but now placed in Passerellidae. The genus, commonly referred to as "song sparrows," currently contains three species, all of which are native to North America.
Members of Melospiza are medium-sized sparrows with long tails, which are pumped in flight and held moderately high on perching. They are not seen in flocks, but as a few individuals or solitary. They prefer brushy habitats, often near water.
...Melospiza in languages:
- Bokmål
- Rundhalespurver
- Chinese
- 歌帶鵐屬
- English
- Melospiza Sparrows
- English
- Round-tailed Sparrows
- Finnish
- laulusirkut
- Japanese
- ウタスズメ属
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Aimophila
- Ammodramus
- Ammodramus × Passerculus
- Ammospiza
- Amphispiza
- Amphispizopsis
- Arremon
- Arremonops
- Artemisiospiza
- Atlapetes
- Calamospiza
- Centronyx
- Chlorospingus
- Chondestes
- Junco
- Junco × Zonotrichia
- Melospiza
- Melozone
- Melozone × Pipilo
- Oreothraupis
- Oriturus
- Passerculus
- Passerella
- Peucaea
- Pezopetes
- Pipilo
- Pooecetes
- Rhynchospiza
- Spizella
- Spizelloides
- Spizelloides × Zonotrichia
- Torreornis
- Xenospiza
- Zonotrichia





























































































































































