Grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)

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A small, inconspicuous grassland bird with an insect-like song, the grasshopper sparrow is easily overlooked. It is one of the few North American sparrows that sings two completely different songs. Although the Grasshopper Sparrow appears to have a wide distribution across much of temperate North America, it is often locally distributed and even uncommon to rare throughout parts of its range. Many North American populations have experienced long-term declines since the early part of this century, owing mostly to loss and conversion of prairies and agricultural grasslands. This species account provides the known information about the grasshopper sparrow's life history, including its distribution, migration, habitat, food habits, sounds, behavior, and breeding. Also included are notes about management and conservation, as well as priorities for future research

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Location: online; note is filed in ELECTRONIC FILE - Zoology. (Note also that the original BNA-printed 1996 document should be on file in the Wildlife Bureau, on reference shelves, in the black-boxed BNA collection.

Recommended Citation:
Vickery, Peter D. 1996. Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/239 doi:10.2173/bna.239.

SWAP (2/19/2016) Citation:
Vickery PD. 1996. Grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum). The Birds of North America Online. (A Poole, editor). Ithaca (NY): Cornell Lab of Ornithology. [accessed 2016 Feb 02]. http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/239