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Savannah Sparrow

Passerculus sandwichensis (Gmelin, JF 1789)

The Savannah sparrow is a small New World sparrow. It was the only member of the genus Passerculus and is typically the only widely accepted member. Comparison of mtDNA NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 and 3 sequences indicates that the Ipswich sparrow, formerly usually considered a valid species, is a well-marked subspecies of the Savannah sparrow, whereas the southwestern large-billed sparrow should be recognized as a distinct species. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Passerellidae
Genus:
   Passerculus
Scientific:
  Passerculus sandwichensis

Original description

Citation:
  (Gmelin, JF 1789)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2 1 pt2 p.875

Protonym:
  Emberiza sandwichensis

Type locality:
  Unalaska, Alaska.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10286#page/376/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  26EB95E7DDA0BFEB

Avibase ID:
  avibase-26EB95E7

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/26EB95E7

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 179314

Geographic range:

  • Passerculus sandwichensis sandwichensis: Amutka Island, eastern Aleutians, and western Alaskan Peninsula; winters to southern California
  • Passerculus sandwichensis anthinus: Aleutians and northern Alaska to southwestern Canada; winters to Baja California and southern Mexico
  • Passerculus sandwichensis crassus: southeastern Alaska (Alexander Archipelago) and adjacent mainland Alaska
  • Passerculus sandwichensis brooksi: Vancouver Island and coastal southwestern British Columbia to northwestern California; winters to Baja California
  • Passerculus sandwichensis alaudinus: coastal northern California (Humboldt to San Luis Obispo County)
  • Passerculus sandwichensis brunnescens: Mexico (Durango to Jalisco, Puebla, Guerrero, and Oaxaca)
  • Passerculus sandwichensis rufofuscus: central Arizona and northern New Mexico to northern Mexico (Chihuahua)
  • Passerculus sandwichensis wetmorei: mountains of far southwestern Guatemala
  • Passerculus sandwichensis nevadensis: Great Basin and Great Plains of North America; winters to southern Mexico
  • Passerculus sandwichensis savanna: Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Magdalen Island; winters to Bahamas
  • Passerculus sandwichensis mediogriseus: southeastern Canada (Ontario to Gaspé Peninsula) and northeastern USA; winters to southeastern USA
  • Passerculus sandwichensis labradorius: eastern Quebec, Labrador, and Newfoundland; winters to southeastern Texas
  • Passerculus sandwichensis oblitus: central Canada and north-central USA; winters to northeastern Mexico
  • Passerculus sandwichensis princeps: Sable Island (Nova Scotia); winters coastal Massachusetts to Georgia
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Savannah Sparrow
Catalan:
sit pardalenc de prat
Czech:
strnádka skvrnitý
Danish:
Savannahspurv
German:
Grasammer
Spanish:
Sabanero Zanjero
Spanish (Spain):
Chingolo Sabanero
Finnish:
kenttäsirkkunen
French:
Bruant des prés
Hungarian:
mezei verébsármány
Icelandic:
Gresjutittlingur
Italian:
Passero delle praterie
Japanese (romaji):
kusa-chi hime-dori
Japanese:
サバンナシトド
Lithuanian:
Paprastoji prerinė žvirbliastratė
Dutch:
Savannahgors
Norwegian:
Musespurv
Polish:
bagiennik zóltobrewy
Portuguese:
Tico-tico-dos-prados
Portuguese (Portugal):
Tico-tico-dos-prados
Russian:
Саванная овсянка
Slovak:
strnádlik trávový
Serbian:
Savanski strnad
Swedish:
Gulbrynad grässparv
Ukrainian:
Вівсянка саванова
Chinese:
稀树美洲草鹀
Chinese (Traditional):
稀樹美洲草鵐

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Passerculus sandwichensis [sandwichensis or princeps]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Passerculus [sandwichensis or sanctorum] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Catalan: sit pardalenc de prat
Czech: strnádka skvrnitý
Danish: Savannahspurv
German: Grasammer
English: Aleutian Savannah Sparrow, Sandwich Sparrow, Savanna sparrow, Savannah Sparrow
Esperanto: Paserkulo, Savanna pasero
Spanish: Chingolo Sabanero, Sabanero Zanjero
Spanish (Colombia): Gorrión sabanero
Spanish (Costa Rica): Sabanero zanjero
Spanish (Cuba): Grasammer
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Gorrión de Sabana
Spanish (Spain): Chingolo Sabanero
Spanish (Honduras): Pinzón de savanna
Spanish (Mexico): Gorrión sabanero
Spanish (Panama): Gorrión de Savannah
Estonian: väljasidrik
Finnish: kenttäsirkkunen
Faroese: Heiðaspurvur
French: Bruant des prés, Bruantin des prés
Haitian Creole French: Zwazo savann
Hungarian: mezei verébsármány
Icelandic: Gresjutittlingur
Italian: Passero delle praterie
Japanese (romaji): kusa-chi hime-dori, sabanna shitodo
Japanese: クサチヒメドリ, サバンナシトド
Japanese (Kanji): サバンナ鵐, 草地姫鳥
Korean: 노랑눈썹북미참새
Korean (Transliteration): norang-nun-sseop-bungmi-cham-sae
Kirghiz: Түндүк Америка думбулу
Scientific: Ammodramus sandwichensis, Emberiza arctica, Emberiza Sandwichensis, Passerculus sandwichensis, Passerculus sandwichensis [sandwichensis or princeps], Passerculus sandwichensis sandwichensis
Lithuanian: Paprastoji prerinė žvirbliastratė
Latvian: Savanas zvirbulis
Dutch: Savannahgors
Norwegian: Musespurv
Polish: bagiennik zóltobrewy
Pinyin: xì-shù cǎo-wú, xī-shù cǎo-wú, xī-shù měizhōu cǎo-wú
Portuguese: Tico-tico-dos-prados
Portuguese (Portugal): Tico-tico-dos-prados
Russian: Саванная овсянка
Slovak: strnádlik trávový
Slovenian: prerijski vrabonad
Serbian: Savanski strnad
Swedish: Gulbrynad grässparv
Turkish: Bozkır çintesi
Ukrainian: Вівсянка саванова
Chinese: 稀树美洲草鹀, 稀树草鹀, 细树草鹀
Chinese (Traditional): 稀樹美洲草鵐, 稀樹草鵐, 細樹草鵐

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