Melospiza melodia graminea Townsend, 1890:139
Channel island song sparrow
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Taxonomically rediscovered (Patten, 2001)
Distribution
Channel Islands, California, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Townsend, Charles Haskins. (1890). Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. XIV. Birds from the coasts of western North America and adjacent islands, collected in 1888-'89, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 13 (799): 131-142.
Other references:
Collins, Paul W. (2008). Channel Island Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia graminea), pp. 425-431. In: Shuford, W. D., and Gardali, T., editors. 2008. California Bird Species of Special Concern: A ranked assessment of species, subspecies, and distinct populations of birds of immediate conservation concern in California. Studies of Western Birds 1. Western Field Ornithologists, Camarillo, California, and California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento.
Patten, M. A. (2001). The roles of habitat and signalling in speciation: evidence from a contact zone of two Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) subspecies. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Riverside.