Subspecies
Melospiza melodia cleonensis (Mendocino song sparrow)
Melospiza melodia cleonensis. Photo: (c) Ad Konings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) is a medium-sized American sparrow. Among the native sparrows in North America, it is easily one of the most abundant, variable and adaptable species.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
- Family: Passerellidae (New world sparrows)
- Genus: Melospiza (Melospiza sparrows)
- Species: Melospiza melodia (Song sparrow)
- Subspecies: Melospiza melodia cleonensis (Mendocino song sparrow)
- Species: Melospiza melodia (Song sparrow)
- Genus: Melospiza (Melospiza sparrows)
- Family: Passerellidae (New world sparrows)
- Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)


