Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Subspecies (7)
Jon S. Greenlaw, W. Gregory Shriver, and William Post
Version: 2.0 — Published July 1, 2022
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Морска овесарка |
| Catalan | sit pardalenc costaner |
| Croatian | obalni strnadar |
| Dutch | Kweldergors |
| English | Seaside Sparrow |
| English (United States) | Seaside Sparrow |
| Estonian | randsidrik |
| French | Bruant maritime |
| French (Canada) | Bruant maritime |
| German | Strandammer |
| Icelandic | Flæðatittlingur |
| Japanese | ハマヒメドリ |
| Norwegian | marskspurv |
| Polish | bagiennik żółtoczelny |
| Russian | Приморская овсянка-барсучок |
| Serbian | Morski strnad |
| Slovak | strnádlik prímorský |
| Spanish | Chingolo Costero |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Gorrión Costero |
| Spanish (Spain) | Chingolo costero |
| Swedish | kustsparv |
| Turkish | Sahil Serçesi |
| Ukrainian | Багновець приморський |
Revision Notes
Jon Greenlaw and Greg Shriver revised the account. Claire Walter managed the references. Guy Kirwan contributed some of the Systematics content. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media.
Ammospiza maritima (Wilson, 1811)
PROTONYM:
Fringilla maritima
Wilson, 1811. American Ornithology or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States: Illustrated with Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature 4, p.68 pl.34 fig.2.
TYPE LOCALITY:
sea islands along our Atlantic coast ; restricted to Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey, by Oberholser, 1931, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 44, p. 124.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- AMMOSPIZA
- maritima / maritimus
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Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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