Editing Song sparrow (section)

===Cismontane California group===
Small, well-marked and short-winged brownish forms. All resident, except occasional birds from upland populations.
* ''Melospiza melodia gouldii'' <small>Baird, 1858</small>. Coastal central California, except [[San Francisco Bay]]. A very brown and clear-marked subspecies; buffish (not light gray) fringes of upper back. ''M. m. santaecrucis'' <small>Grinnell, 1901</small> are hybrids with birds from southwards and Central Valley populations.
* ''Melospiza melodia samuelis'' <small>(Baird, 1858)</small>, '''San Pablo song sparrow'''. N San Francisco Bay and [[San Pablo Bay]] saltmarshes. A small, tiny-billed subspecies with dirty olive upperpart background.
* ''Melospiza melodia maxillaris'' <small>Grinnell, 1909</small>, '''Suisun song sparrow'''. [[Suisun Bay]] marshes. Dark upperparts; brown with gray mantle edges; plump bill base.
* ''Melospiza melodia pusillula'' <small>Ridgway, 1899</small>, '''Alameda song sparrow'''. E San Francisco Bay saltmarshes. Yellowest subspecies, paler than ''samuelis'' and clear yellow hue below.
* ''Melospiza melodia heermanni'' <small>Baird, 1858</small>. Central coastal California and [[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]] south to N [[Baja California]]. Similar in color to ''maxillaris'' but medium-sized mainland subspecies. Some N-S variation with birds becoming blacker on backs, local populations once separated as ''M. m. cooperi'' <small>Ridgway, 1899</small> and ''M. m. mailliardi'' <small>Grinnell, 1911</small>. The latter, occurring around Modesto, may be distinct.
* ''Melospiza melodia graminea'' <small>Townsend, 1890</small>. Described from [[Santa Barbara Island]], [[California Channel Islands]]. A smaller, pale-gray version of ''heermanni''. Originally called '''Santa Barbara song sparrow'''; birds from the [[Coronado Islands]] were described as ''M. m. coronatorum'' <small>Grinnell and Daggett, 1903</small>, those from [[San Miguel Island]] as ''M. m. micronyx'' <small>Grinnell, 1928</small> and those from [[San Clemente Island|San Clemente]], [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa]] and [[Anacapa Island]]s as ''M. m. clementae'' <small>Townsend, 1890</small>. Hybrid population with ''heermanni'' on [[Santa Cruz Island]]. Extirpated on Santa Barbara (and possibly San Clemente) by feral cats, c. 1967–1970.