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Passerella iliaca · Family Passerellidae

Passerella iliaca

Family Passerellidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Passerellidae
GBIF occurrence records
1,933,832
Countries and territories with records
13
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About this species

This species has 1,933,832 occurrence records from 13 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (78.4%) and Canada (21.5%); together they account for 99.9% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.14% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Passerella iliaca combines the genus name Passerella with the species epithet iliaca. It is the only species of the genus Passerella in the Warbla app catalog.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 129 species of the family Passerellidae. This species ranks 14th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Melospiza melodia. Its record count is 2.4 times the family average (810,852). The family Passerellidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Passerellidae

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