Harris's sparrow

Harris's sparrow
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene–present
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Harris's sparrow, Ennadai Lake, Nunavut
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Zonotrichia
Species:
Z. querula
Binomial name
Zonotrichia querula
(Nuttall, 1840)
Range of Z. querula
  Breeding
  Migration
  Nonbreeding
The immature Harris's sparrow has a brown striped head as opposed to the black striped head of the mature breeding bird. Note the orange bill.

Harris's sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) is a large sparrow. Their breeding habitat is the north part of central Canada (primarily the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, ranging slightly into northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan), 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).

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Zonotrichia querula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22721082A179974375. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22721082A179974375.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.