NPSpecies

Park Species Detail: Shriner (2001) provides the most recent published records; Stupka (1963) provides a breeding record; Park Observations include records from early spring through late fall; Robinson (1990) considers this a resident species in Tennessee and it has been seen ATBI Sensitivity = Public Species Notes: Common Permanent Resident; Breeds in Park; Constitutes a superspecies with S. WORTHENI and considered to be conspecific with it by some authors (AOU 1983, 1998). See Zink and Dittmann (1993) for a hypothesis for evolution in the genus SPIZELLA. See Dodge et al. (1995) for a comparison of phylogeni STATUS: Native, Breeder, Common, Present in Park;; ; General Notes: Shriner (2001) provides the most recent published records; Stupka (1963) provides a breeding record; Park Observations include records from early spring through late fall; Robinson (1990) considers this a resident species in Tennessee and it has been seen within a kilometer of the park boundary during Christmas Bird Counts in both states (2004 records, National Audubon Society); Chicago Academy of Sciences houses one park specimen. Image URL: https://npgallery.nps.gov/GRSM/AssetDetail/494e31dc414e43dbb5c76b591e859661;