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Fox Sparrow (Sooty) fox sparrow with typical Pacific coast coloring Fall,Fox sparrow,Geotagged,Passerella iliaca,United States Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Fox Sparrow (Sooty)

fox sparrow with typical Pacific coast coloring

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    Bigger than our sparrows I think. Any idea why it is called a fox sparrow Morpheme? Posted 8 years ago
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      These guys are a different genus from most birds that are known as sparrows and they are a bit larger. They are called "fox" sparrows because of their reddish brown coloring, though this particular sub species P. iliaca unalaschcensis is darker and more brown than P. iliaca iliaca. The wiki for P. iliac unalaschcensis lists even further divisions in form and coloring and proposes 5 more subspecies. Posted 8 years ago
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    thank you for the information Posted 8 years ago

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The Fox sparrow

The fox sparrow is a large American sparrow. It is the only member of the genus ''Passerella'', although some authors split the genus into four species .

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Similar species: Perching Birds
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Uploaded Dec 16, 2016. Captured Dec 15, 2016 09:59 in Trillium Trail, Kirkland, WA 98033, USA.
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  • X-E2
  • f/8.0
  • 1/125s
  • ISO3200
  • 560mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.