Harris's Sparrow
Zonotrichia querula
- Near threatened
- Card rarity: Uncommon
- Birds
Harris's sparrow is a large sparrow. Their breeding habitat is the north part of central Canada, making it Canada's only endemic breeding bird. In the winter they migrate to the Great Plains states of the United States, from southern South Dakota to central Texas. The common name of this species commemorates the American amateur ornithologist Edward Harris (1799–1863).
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae
- Genus
- Zonotrichia