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Melospiza melodia amaka Gabrielson & Lincoln 1951

Amak Island song sparrow

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Zonotrichia melodia amaka Gabrielson & Lincoln, 1951
 

 

Conservation Status

Invalid (synonym)

Last record: 1988 (Suckling et al. 2004)

 

Distribution

Amak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Gabrielson, I. N. and Lincoln, F. C. (1951). The races of Song Sparrows in Alaska. Condor 53: 250-255.

 

Other references:

Pruett, Christin L. et al. (2004). Amak Island Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia amaka) are not evolutionarily significant. Ornithol. Sci 3: 133-138.

Suckling, Kieran, Slack, Rhiwena and Nowicki, Brian. (2004). Extinct and the Endangered Species Act. Centre For Biological Diversity. 63 pp.

 

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