Zapata sparrow

Zapata sparrow
T. i. varonai
Cayo Romano, Cuba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Torreornis
Barbour & Peters, 1927
Species:
T. inexpectata
Binomial name
Torreornis inexpectata
Barbour & Peters, 1927
Subspecies
  • T. i. inexpectata
  • T. i. sigmani
  • T. i. varonai

The Zapata sparrow (Torreornis inexpectata) is a medium-sized grey and yellow bird that lives in the grasslands of the Zapata Swamp and elsewhere on the island of Cuba. Measuring about 16.5 centimetres (6.5 in) in length, it is grey and yellow overall with a dark reddish-brown crown and olive-grey upperparts.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2021). "Torreornis inexpectata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22721297A192306644. Retrieved 11 November 2021.