Raisa Mirza took these photos of the first Fox Sparrow to be identified at Race Rocks on September 18, 2010, Six subspecies are usually recognized in the Sooty Fox Sparrow complex, ranging from unalaschensis in the Aleutians to fuliginosa in extreme northwestern Washington:
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Sub-Phylum Vertebrata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Emberizidae
Genus Passerella
Species iliaca unalaschcensis group (Gmelin, 1789)
Common Name: Fox Sparrow
| Other Members of the Class Aves at Race Rocks |
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 The 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.
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