Melospiza melodia: Song Sparrow

Song Sparrow in October, 2007 at Race Rocks. (Photo by David Sacks.)

Song Sparrow from the remote cam 5 (image by Pam Birley March 06)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Song Sparrows are winter visitors to Race Rocks. See the Christmas Bird Count File for other records.

1997 0 1999 0 2001 0 2003 na 2005 1
1998 4 2000 0 2002 3 2004 3 2006 na

On the Ecoreserves.bc.ca website , there are several posts about Song Sparrows. They have been the subject of research on other Ecological reserve Islands in BC.

Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Sub-Phylum Vertebrata
Class Aves
Order Passerifomes
Family Passeridae
Genus Melospizia
Species melodia
Common Name: Song Sparrow

Other Members of the Class Aves at Race Rocks 
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and Image File
pearsonlogo2_f2The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams.

Garry Fletcher 2006