Vesper sparrow

Vesper sparrow
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Pooecetes
Baird, SF, 1858
Species:
P. gramineus
Binomial name
Pooecetes gramineus
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Range
  Breeding
  Migration
  Year-round
  Nonbreeding

The vesper sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) is a medium-sized New World sparrow. The only member of the genus Pooecetes, it is a pale sparrow with brown streaks that breeds across the grasslands of northern North America. It migrates to winter in the southern United States and Mexico.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pooecetes gramineus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22721188A94703310. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22721188A94703310.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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