
Grass Sparrows
Ammodramus
Ammodramus is a genus of birds in the family Emberizidae, in the group known as American sparrows. Birds of this genus are known commonly as grassland sparrows. The name Ammodramus is from the Greek for "sand runner".
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Grasshopper Sparrow
speciesAmmodramus savannarum

Grassland Sparrow
speciesAmmodramus humeralis

Yellow-browed Sparrow
speciesAmmodramus aurifrons
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 10131.