Passerella iliaca unalaschcensis

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The sooty fox sparrow (Passerella (iliaca) unalaschcensis) contains the darkest-colored taxa in the genus Passerella. It is currently classified as a "subspecies group" within the fox sparrow pending wider-spread acceptance of species status. It has long been suspected to be a separate evolutionary lineage due to morphological distinctness (Swarth 1920), and this is confirmed by analysis of mtDNA sequence and haplotype data (Zink 1994, Zink & Kessen 1999, Zink & Wecks

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  1. (c) Walter Siegmund, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Passerella_iliaca_30878.JPG
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sooty Fox Sparrow

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