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Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum

LC Least Concern

Names (19)

Language	Common name
Creole, Haiti	Zwazo Kann
Dutch	Sprinkhaangors
English, United States	Grasshopper Sparrow
French	Bruant sauterelle
Icelandic	Engitittlingur
Japanese	イナゴヒメドリ
Norwegian	gresshoppespurv
Serbian	Skakavčev strnad
Spanish	Chingolo Saltamontes
Spanish, Costa Rica	Sabanero Colicorto
Spanish, Cuba	Chamberguito
Spanish, Dominican Republic	Tumbarrocío
Spanish, Ecuador	Sabanero Saltamontes
Spanish, Mexico	Gorrión Chapulín
Spanish, Panama	Gorrión Saltamontes
Spanish, Puerto Rico	Gorrión Chicharra
Spanish, Spain	Chingolo saltamontes
Swedish	gräshoppssparv
Turkish	Çekirge Serçesi

Subspecies (11)

Peter D. Vickery
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1996

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Introduction
Appearance
- Identification
- Molts
- Bare Parts
- Measurements
Systematics
- Systematics History
- Geographic Variation
- Subspecies
- Fossil History
Distribution
- Historical Changes to the Distribution
Habitat
- Habitat in Breeding Range
- Habitat in Nonbreeding Range
Movements and Migration
- Migration Overview
- Timing and Routes of Migration
- Migratory Behavior
- Control and Physiology of Migration
Diet and Foraging
- Feeding
- Diet
- Food Selection and Storage
- Nutrition and Energetics
- Metabolism and Temperature Regulation
- Drinking, Pellet-Casting, and Defecation
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
- Vocalizations
- Nonvocal Sounds
Behavior
- Locomotion
- Self-Maintenance
- Agonistic Behavior
- Spacing
- Sexual Behavior
- Social and Interspecific Behavior
- Predation
Breeding
- Phenology
- Nest Site
- Nest
- Eggs
- Incubation
- Hatching
- Young Birds
- Parental Care
- Cooperative Breeding
- Brood Parasitism
- Fledgling Stage
- Immature Stage
Demography and Populations
- Measures of Breeding Activity
- Life Span and Survivorship
- Disease and Body Parasites
- Causes of Mortality
- Population Spatial Metrics
- Population Status
- Population Regulation
Conservation and Management
- Effects of Human Activity
- Management
Priorities for Future Research
Acknowledgments
About the Author(s)

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Vickery, P. D. (2020). Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.graspa.01

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