Passerculus
Genus of birds
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Passerculus is a genus of birds that belongs to the New World sparrow family Passerellidae. Currently it is considered to include just the Savannah sparrow (P. sandwichensis).
| Passerculus | |
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| Savannah sparrow (P. sandwichensis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passerellidae |
| Genus: | Passerculus Bonaparte, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Fringilla savanna[1] A. Wilson, 1811 | |
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