FYI... Information received this morning from an ABA Blog posting. *New Genus for American Tree Sparrow*
The species’s scientific name has changed from *Spizella arborea *to *Spizelloides arborea*. Genetic data show it to be not at all closely related to *Spizella *sparrows. Instead, it is related to a group containing Fox Sparrow, *Zonotrichia* sparrows, and juncos. Hope everyone has a nice 4th of July weekend. As always - Great Birding. Mark Amershek -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/324dcda2-1285-4343-ab97-4360006476de%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
