Grasshopper Sparrow

Ammodramus savannarumOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Sparrows (Emberizidae)

Codes: Common Name: GRSP Scientific Name: AMMSAV ITIS Taxonomic No.: 179333

Head

Topo Map: Perching-like Head

Bill Shape: Cone
Eye Color: Hazel in juveniles; Dark to light brown in adults.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Striped, Streaked, Eyering (complete or broken), Special (unique patterns or features)
Crown Color: Gray and white striped.
Forehead Color: Gray and white striped.
Nape Color: Gray and white striped.
Throat Color: BUFF
Cere color: No Data

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Body

Topo Map: Perching-like Body

Length Range: 11-14 cm (4.5-5.5 in)
Weight: 23 g (0.8 oz)
Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color: White, Brown, Gray, Buff
Underparts: White with buff sides, flanks and undertail coverts.
Upperparts: Brown with gray-brown streaking.
Back Pattern: Striped or streaked
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

Flight

Topo Map: Perching-like Flight

Flight Pattern: Fluttering wing beats., Rapid undulating flight.
Wingspan Range: 20-22 cm (8-8.5 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Pointed Tail
Tail Pattern: Streaked
Upper Tail: Dark Brown
Under Tail: Dark Brown
Leg Color: Pink

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Grasshopper Sparrow

Grasshopper Sparrow: Medium sparrow with brown-streaked upperparts and white underparts. Face, flanks, and breast are plain buff-brown. Head is flat with central white stripe though dark crown. Upper mandible is gray, while lower mandible is yellow. Pink legs and feet. Named for its insectlike song.

● Song: "kip-kip-kip zeee"

● Foraging & Feeding: Grasshopper Sparrow: Feeds mostly on insects, including grasshoppers(staple), beetles, caterpillars, and crickets; also eats spiders, earthworms, snails, and seeds; forages on the ground.

● Breeding & nesting: Grasshopper Sparrow: Three to six creamy white eggs with spots and flecks of red brown are laid in a cup of grass lined with rootlets and hair, and built near or on the ground. Incubation ranges from 11 to 12 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Grasshopper Sparrow: Baird's Sparrow has streaks across breast. Henslow's Sparrow has olive face and rust-brown wings. Le Conte's Sparrow has smaller bill and streaked flanks.

Flight Pattern

Fluttering wing beats., Rapid undulating flight.

● Range & Habitat: Grasshopper Sparrow: Breeds from Alaska, Manitoba to New Hampshire; winters in central and southern half of U.S. Inhabits prairie grasslands, pastures, old weedy fields, palmetto scrub, grain fields, and hayfields.

^BreedingMonogamous, Loose colonies

^Population

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight0.8 Ounces

Perching-like Head

Perching-like Body

Perching-like Flight

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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