Harris’s Sparrow
(Zonotrichia querula)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | N5N - Secure Nonbreeding SNRN - Unranked Nonbreeding |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Size |
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6¾″ to 8″ in length 10½″ wingspan |
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Habitat |
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Forest edges, riparian thickets, brushy roadsides |
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Biology |
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Migration |
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Late March to early June and mid-September to late November |
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Distribution |
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Occurrence |
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Common to locally abundant migrant |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
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Taxonomy |
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| Class | Aves (birds) | ||
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Passeriformes (perching birds) | ||
Family |
Passerellidae (New World sparrows) | ||
Genus |
Zonotrichia (crowned sparrows) | ||
New World sparrows were traditionally combined with buntings into the family Emberizidae. Recent phylogenetic analysis (Barker et al. 2013) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis (Klicka et al. 2014) found that the Old World buntings should be separated as a sister to New World sparrows. New World sparrows have been separated into a new family, Passerellidae. |
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Kim Firkus |
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This Harris sparrow was spotted on May 13 2022 in Pequot Lakes, Minnesota |
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Heidi Wahl |
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backyard, we live in the country with a small pond. He was near the bird feeders in the tree. He was low to the ground. |
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Slideshows |
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| Harris's Sparrow Allen Chartier |
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| Harris's Sparrow Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren |
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| Harris's Sparrow JMC Nature Photos |
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Other Videos |
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| Harris' Sparrow (Emberizidae: Zonotrichia querula) Feeding Carl Barrentine |
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Uploaded on Oct 13, 2009 Photographed at Grand Forks, North Dakota (12 October 2009). |
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| Harris's Sparrow up close and personal Matt Wetrich |
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About
Published on May 3, 2013 This up close video of a Harris's Sparrow shows the Vibration Reduction (VR) technology at work in the Nikon 85mm EDG VR Fieldscope. The first 15 seconds are without VR on and then you can see how much more stable the shot is after turned on. Cool stuff! I shot this with a Nikon D7100 attached to the scope with the FSA-L2 DSLR adapter. Towards the end of the video the bird got TOO close to focus on! |
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| Harris's Sparrow MacaulayLibrary |
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Uploaded on Sep 12, 2011 Larry R. Arbanas, Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology ML Video 44546 http://macaulaylibrary.org/video/44546 |
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| Harris's Sparrow cfields7 |
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Uploaded on Mar 10, 2008 Harris's Sparrow at Chicago Botanic Gardens |
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| Harris's Sparrow video - March 27, 2012 dianab97330 |
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Published on Mar 27, 2012 No description available. |
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| Kim Firkus 5/13/2020 |
Location: Pequot Lakes, Minnesota This Harris sparrow was spotted on May 13 2022 in Pequot Lakes, Minnesota |
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| Heidi Wahl 5/5/2020 |
Location: Richville MN backyard, we live in the country with a small pond. He was near the bird feeders in the tree. He was low to the ground. |
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| maxnizzy 5/10/2018 |
Location: Detroit Lakes MN 2 eating on the ground under our bird feeders |
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| Gregory Gilman 1/19/2011 |
Location: Rochester, MN |
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