Breeds in Canada from south-central Mackenzie (in Northwest Territories), Peace R lowlands of north-eastern British Columbia and throughout lowlands of Alberta east to central Manitoba, northern and eastern Ontario and locally southern Quebec, southern in USA to north-western Montana, northern South Dakota, southern Minnesota and northern Michigan. Non-breeding southern USA from central Kansas, north-western Arkansas, southern Georgia and coastal South Carolina south to Gulf Coast (Texas east to western Florida).
 
Population
Estimated population is 3,000,000 (2010).
LeConte's Sparrow (Ammospiza leconteii) [XC90157]
by Bird Studies Canada - Prairie and Parkland Marsh Monitoring Program (PPMMP) from Big Sandy Unit, Bennett's Creek Overlook 1, Tennessee, United States (call)
LeConte's Sparrow (Ammospiza leconteii) [XC598435]
by id from Fraser-Fort George H (near T\u00eate Jaune Cache), Fraser-Fort George, British Columbia, Canada (song)