Florida grasshopper sparrow

Florida grasshopper sparrow

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Ammodramus
Species:
A. savannarum
Subspecies:
A. s. floridanus
Trinomial name
Ammodramus savannarum floridanus
(Mearns, 1902)[2]
Synonyms[3]

Coturniculus savannarum floridanus Mearns, 1902

The Florida grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus) is an endangered subspecies of grasshopper sparrow native to the dry prairies of south-central Florida.[4][5]

The Florida grasshopper sparrow is one of four subspecies of grasshopper sparrows in North America, and is perhaps the most endangered.[4] Efforts by biologists have slowed population decline.[4][6]

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Ammodramus savannarum floridanus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Ammodramus savannarum floridanus (Mearns, 1902)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "Florida grasshopper sparrow". Florida Audubon Society. 2016-01-20.
  5. ^ "Florida grasshopper sparrow". Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.
  6. ^ Kobilinsky, Dana (28 September 2022). "Rare Florida sparrow makes a comeback". The Wildlife Society. Retrieved 28 September 2022.