Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis [JF Gmelin, 1789] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Emberizidae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 18260 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
princeps recorded in Britain (of 21 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
15 cm
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Wingspan: 24 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 21 g
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Scientific name from:
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L.: passercula=a little sparrow and after Sandwich Bay, Labrador (Canada) |
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World Distribution:
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North America |
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Habitat:
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Grassland, farmland, saltmarsh |
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Diet:
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In summer, insects and other arthropods, winter mostly seeds |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Dorset, 1982
(Broyd, S.J. 1985. British Birds 78:647-656)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
3
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Shetland
(2003),
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North-east England:
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Eastern England:
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South-east England:
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South-west England:
Dorset
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Gulbrynet spurv | Dutch: Savannah-gors |
| Finnish: Kenttäsirkkunen | French: Bruant des prés |
| German: Grasammer | Hungarian: Cirpelo veréb |
| Icelandic: Gresjutittlingur | Irish: |
| Italian: Passero delle parterie | Norwegian: Præriespurv |
| Polish: Bagiennik zóltobrewy | Portuguese: Escrevedeira-dos-prados |
| Spanish: Chingolo sabanero | Swedish: Gulbrynad grässparv |
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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