Oaxaca sparrow [SEP] parent taxon
Oaxaca sparrow
The Oaxaca sparrow ("Aimophila notosticta") is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae that is endemic to the Mexican state of Oaxaca, where it lives in dry forests and thornscrub. The population is in slow decline due to habitat loss.
- sooty fox sparrow, "P. i. unalaschcensis" – this taxon breeds along the Pacific coast of North America from the Aleutian Islands south to northwestern Washington, and winters from southeastern Alaska south to northern Baja California. It is browner and darker than the red fox sparrow.
- slate-colored fox sparrow, "P. i. schistacea" – this taxon breeds in interior western North America and winters to the south and west. It has a gray head and mantle, brown wings, brown breast streaks, and a