|> From: Eugene Hunn <hunn at u.washington.edu>
|> To: Multiple recipients of list <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
|> Subject: Re: Timberline Sparrow
|>
|> Russell,
|> Breeding in California!!!? Is that accepted by the state committee?
|> Gene.
|>
|> On Wed, 13 Apr 1994, Russell Rogers wrote:
|>
|> > From; Russell Rogers, Seattle WA, rrogers at halcyon.com
|> >
|> > _Taverneri_ has been found breeding at high elevations in California (and
|> > I think in Oregon but I'm not sure). It would be interesting find out
|> > what the status of this form is in Washington as the state could serve
|> > as an imprtant zone of overlap in deternmining it as a speices or not (as
|> > Gene has already stated).

It's still a subspecies. The CRBC is not involved. McCaskie et al.
(Birds of NoCal, 2nd edition) does not mention Timberline Sparrow.
Quote "breeds very locally in district M [i.e. mountains], mostly on the
east side of the Sierra Nevada." Also breeds (commonly) in the plains east
of the Sierras. The latter is breweri, the former might be taverneri, but
they don't distinguish them.

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