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The Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps) is a medium-sized sparrow.
This passerine bird is primarily found across the Southwestern United States and much of the interior of Mexico.
[edit] References
[edit] Further reading
- Collins, P. W. 1999. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps). In The Birds of North America, No. 472 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
[edit] Thesis
- Groschupf KD. Ph.D. (1983). COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE VOCALIZATIONS AND SINGING BEHAVIOR OF FOUR AIMOPHILA SPARROWS. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, United States -- Virginia.
- Morrison SA. Ph.D. (2001). Demography of a fragmentation-sensitive songbird: Edge and ENSO effects. Dartmouth College, United States -- New Hampshire.
- Wimer MC. M.S. (1995). Song variation in insular and mainland Rufous-crowned Sparrows. California State University, Long Beach, United States -- California.
[edit] Articles
- Baptista LF. (1973). Leaf Bathing in 3 Species of Emberizines. Wilson Bulletin. vol 85, no 3. p. 346-347.
- Behle WH. (1976). Mojave Desert Avi Fauna in the Virgin River Valley of Utah Nevada and Arizona USA. Condor. vol 78, no 1. p. 40-48.
- Bolger DT. (2002). Habitat fragmentation effects on birds in southern California: Contrast to the "top-down" paradigm. Studies in Avian Biology. vol 25, p. 141-157.
- Bolger DT, Patten MA & Bostock DC. (2005). Avian reproductive failure in response to an extreme climatic event. Oecologia. vol 142, no 3. p. 398-406.
- Bolger DT, Scott TA & Rotenberry JT. (1997). Breeding bird abundance in an urbanizing landscape in coastal Southern California. Conservation Biology. vol 11, no 2. p. 406-421.
- Borror DJ. (1971). Songs of Aimophila Sparrows Occurring in the USA. Wilson Bulletin. vol 83, no 2. p. 132-151.
- Carson RJ & Spicer GS. (2003). A phylogenetic analysis of the emberizid sparrows based on three mitochondrial genes. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. vol 29, no 1. p. 43-57.
- Deviche P, McGraw K & Greiner EC. (2005). Interspecific differences in hematozoan infection in sonoran desert Aimophila sparrows. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. vol 41, no 3. p. 532-541.
- Hardy JW. (1980). The Oaxaca Sparrow Aimophila-Notosticta Has a Chatter Vocalization. Condor. vol 82, no 1.
- Hubbard JP. (1975). Geographic Variation in Non-California Populations of the Rufous Crowned Sparrow. Nemouria. vol 15, p. 1-28.
- Miles DB. (1986). A Record of Brown-Headed Cowbird Molothrus-Ater Nest Parasitism of Rufous Crowned Sparrows Aimophila-Ruficeps. Southwestern Naturalist. vol 31, no 2. p. 253-254.
- Morrison SA & Bolger DT. (2002). Lack of an urban edge effect on reproduction in a fragmentation-sensitive sparrow. Ecological Applications. vol 12, no 2. p. 398-411.
- Morrison SA & Bolger DT. (2002). Variation in a sparrow's reproductive success with rainfall: Food and predator-mediated processes. Oecologia. vol 133, no 3. p. 315-324.
- Morrison SA, Bolger DT & Sillett TS. (2004). Annual survivorship of the sedentary Rufous-crowned sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps): No detectable effects of edge or rainfall in southern California. Auk. vol 121, no 3. p. 904-916.
- Parker SA & Stotz D. (1977). An Observation on the Foraging Behavior of the Arizona Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake Crotalus-Willardi-Willardi Serpentes Crotalidae. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society. vol 13, no 2.
- Patten MA & Bolger DT. (2003). Variation in top-down control of avian reproductive success across a fragmentation gradient. Oikos. vol 101, no 3. p. 479-488.
- Pulliam HR & Mills GS. (1977). The Use of Space by Wintering Sparrows. Ecology. vol 58, no 6. p. 1393-1399.
- Remsen JVJ & Cardiff S. (1979). Aimophila-Ruficeps-Scottii New-Record Rufous-Crowned Sparrow in California USA. Western Birds. vol 10, no 1. p. 45-46.
- Spicer GS. (1977). 2 New Nasal Mites of the Genus Ptilonyssus Mesostigmata Rhinonyssidae from Texas USA. Acarologia. vol 18, no 4. p. 594-601.
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