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David Fix
44. by David Fix on July 03, 2011 at 02:56 pm

The "Bell's Sparrow" of coastal and interior California chaparral sings a song so unlike that of the Great Basin birds that it's scarcely recognizable as being of the same species...along with its strikingly different habitat, isolation or near-isolation from other breeding Sage Sparrows (Great Basin and "saltbush" forms), and distinctive plumage, many of us would not be surprised if this form is elevated to species status.

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Citation: Personal Experience. I observe this occasionally, confident.

Dave Irons
reply by Dave Irons on August 03, 2013 at 02:17 pm

Great piece of information. Most sources suggest that their songs are similar, but probably not so much to a more trained ear. With the recent split, you might want to add this comment to the Bell's Sparrow page.

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