Passerellidae

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Passerellidae is a family of New World sparrows and related small seed-eating songbirds found primarily in the Americas.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Passerellidae canonical 43
Passerellinae 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird family ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ
billType conical seed-cracking bill ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
commonName American sparrows ⓘ
New World sparrows ⓘ
describedAs family of New World sparrows and related small seed-eating songbirds ⓘ
diet insects ⓘ
seeds ⓘ
distribution Central America ⓘ
North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
ecologicalRole insect predators ⓘ
prey for larger birds and mammals ⓘ
seed predators ⓘ
feedingBehavior ground foraging ⓘ
seed gleaning ⓘ
habitat grasslands ⓘ
marshes ⓘ
shrublands ⓘ
woodlands ⓘ
historicallyClassifiedWith Emberizidae ⓘ
includesTaxon Aimophila ⓘ
Ammodramus ⓘ
Arremon ⓘ
Arremonops ⓘ
Atlapetes ⓘ
Chondestes ⓘ
Junco ⓘ
Melospiza ⓘ
Oriturus ⓘ
Passerella ⓘ
Peucaea ⓘ
Pipilo ⓘ
Pooecetes ⓘ
Poospiza ⓘ
Rhynchospiza ⓘ
Spizella ⓘ
Spizelloides ⓘ
Torreornis ⓘ
Xenospiza ⓘ
Zonotrichia ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
migratoryBehavior many species are migratory ⓘ
nestLocation on or near the ground ⓘ
nestType cup nest ⓘ
order Passeriformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
plumageCharacteristic often streaked or cryptic ⓘ
primaryRange Americas ⓘ
recognizedAsSeparateFamily early 21st century molecular studies ⓘ
reproduction egg laying ⓘ
suborder Passeri ⓘ
superfamily Emberizoidea ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ
typicalSize small songbirds ⓘ
vocalizationType song ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cape Sable seaside sparrow → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Ammospiza maritima → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Lark bunting → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Cassin’s Sparrow → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Zapata sparrow → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Spizella → parentTaxon → Passerellidae ⓘ
Spizella → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Passerella → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Passerella → higherClassification → Passerellidae ⓘ
Ammodramus → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Ammodramus → belongsTo → Passerellidae ⓘ
Arremon → parentTaxon → Passerellidae ⓘ
Arremon → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Atlapetes → parentTaxon → Passerellidae ⓘ
Atlapetes → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Pipilo → parentTaxon → Passerellidae ⓘ
Pipilo → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Pipilo → higherClassification → Passerellidae ⓘ
Chondestes → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Aimophila → parentTaxon → Passerellidae ⓘ
Aimophila → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Peucaea → parentTaxon → Passerellidae ⓘ
Peucaea → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Arremonops → parentTaxon → Passerellidae ⓘ
Arremonops → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Pooecetes → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Pooecetes → belongsTo → Passerellidae ⓘ
Spizelloides → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Spizelloides → subfamily → Passerellinae ⓘ
linked to: Passerellidae
Spizelloides → higherClassification → Passerellidae ⓘ
Torreornis → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Torreornis → subfamily → Passerellinae ⓘ
linked to: Passerellidae
Zonotrichia → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Zonotrichia → parentTaxon → Passerellidae ⓘ
Junco → parentTaxon → Passerellidae ⓘ
Junco → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Oriturus → parentTaxon → Passerellidae ⓘ
Oriturus → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Melospiza → parentTaxon → Passerellidae ⓘ
Melospiza → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Rhynchospiza → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Xenospiza → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Xenospiza → subfamily → Passerellinae ⓘ
linked to: Passerellidae
Belding’s savannah sparrow → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Calamospiza melanocorys → family → Passerellidae ⓘ
Nelson’s sparrow → family → Passerellidae ⓘ