Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-2011

Publication Title

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Publisher

Wilson Ornithological Society

Volume

123

Issue

2

First page number:

414

Last page number:

416

Abstract

Botteri’s Sparrow (Peucaea botterii) occurs widely in the shrub-grasslands of southern North America. We report a breeding population of the species in the Sierra de la Encantada of northern Coahuila, Mexico, ~80 km from the Big Bend area of Texas and >300 km from the nearest previously known breeding range in southern Coahuila and central Chihuahua. We captured three individuals, which show a mostly gray dorsal coloration, suggestive of the texana subspecies, occurring from southern Texas to northern Veracruz. The exact affinity of the northern Coahuila population still needs to be ascertained. The presence of Botteri’s Sparrow in northern Coahuila may have been overlooked previously or may be part of a (temporary) range expansion. More work is needed to map the occurrence of Botteri’s Sparrow in northcentral Mexico grasslands.

Keywords

Bird populations; Botteri's sparrow; Passeriformes; Peucaea botterii

Controlled Subject

Bird populations--Research; Phylogeography; Sparrows

Disciplines

Ornithology | Population Biology

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File Size

421 KB

Language

English

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