Grassland Sparrow (Ammodramus humeralis)

Family
Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bosc, 1792)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay (B), Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (40)...)

Grassland Sparrow (Ammodramus humeralis) [XC541487]
by from Setor Samambaia, mata seca, perto da UFG-Agronomia, Goi\u00e2nia-Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (song)

Grassland Sparrow (Ammodramus humeralis) [XC817216]
by Pedro Rinaldi from Foz do rio Sucupira, Porto Franco, Maranh\u00e3o, Brazil (call, duet)

Subspecies
Formerly placed with Yellow-browed Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons) in a separate genus, Myospiza and both sometimes considered to form a superspecies, but ranges overlap sufficiently to make such treatment implausible. Genetic studies indicate that the two are closely related to Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum), which is, in turn, distant from other six species currently included in genus. These last should perhaps be reassigned to a different genus.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

pallidulus (Wetmore, 1949) - Guajira Peninsula of northern Colombia and north-western Venezuela.
humeralis (Bosc, 1792) - Colombia and Venezuela (except Guajira Peninsula), and the Guianas east to eastern Brazil (south to Paran�).
xanthornus Gould, 1839 - Extreme south-eastern Peru (Pampas del Heath) and north-eastern Bolivia east through south-central Brazil to Paraguay and Uruguay and south to central Argentina.
tarijensis (Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1939) - South-eastern Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Tarija and Chuquisaca).

References
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Files:

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