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Definition of Spizella passerina
1. Noun. Small North American finch common in urban areas.
Exact synonyms: Chipping Sparrow
Generic synonyms: New World Sparrow
Group relationships: Genus Spizella, Spizella
Generic synonyms: New World Sparrow
Group relationships: Genus Spizella, Spizella
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spizella Passerina
Literary usage of Spizella passerina
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"... Texas and east to eastern Nebraska and eastern Kansas. Spizella
passerina (BECHSTEIN). RANGE.—North America, from southern Canada south to Nicaragua. ..."
2. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"... e. to Anderson River and s. in mts. to cen. BC; winters through w. N. Amer.
to Ariz., NM, and cen. Tex. and e. to SD and Kan. 560a. spizella passerina ..."
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