Ammodramus henslowii houstonensis Arnold, 1983:505
Houston Henslow's sparrow
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Centronyx henslowii henslowii Arnold, 1983:505
Of doubtful validity (Browning, 1990:445).
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym)?
Last record: 1983 (Suckling et al., 2004)
Distribution
Houston (south-central), Harris County, Texas, USA
Type locality: "Field in south-central Houston, Harris County, Texas" (Schmidly et al., 2023:169)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: TCWC 11041 [ex KAA 5230] (adult female) (Schmidly et al., 2023:169)
Paratypes:
TCWC 9751 (Schmidly et al., 2023:169)
TCWC 9752 (Schmidly et al., 2023:169)
TCWC 11040 (Schmidly et al., 2023:169)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Arnold, Keith A. (1983). A New Subspecies of Henslow's Sparrow (Ammodramus Henslowii). The Auk 100(2): 504-505.
Other references:
Browning, M. Ralph (1990). Taxa of North American birds described from 1957–1987. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103(2): 432-451.
Ehrlich, Paul R., Dobkin, David S. and Wheye, Darryl. (1992). Birds in Jeopardy: The Imperiled and Extinct Birds of the United States and Canada, Including Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. 259 pp.
Schmidly, David J., Bradley, Robert D., Bradley, Lisa C. and Yancey, Franklin D. II (eds.). (2023). Taxonomic Catalogs for the Recent Terrestrial Vertebrates (Species and Subspecies) Described from Texas. Special Publications of the Museum of Texas Tech University 77: iii + 385 pp.
Suckling, Kieran, Slack, Rhiwena and Nowicki, Brian. (2004). Extinct and the Endangered Species Act. Centre For Biological Diversity. 63 pp.