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Savannah Sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis
Interesting and Fun Facts: Savannah Sparrows tend to return each year to the area where they hatched. This tendency, called natal philopatry, is the driving force for differentiation of numerous Savannah Sparrow subspecies.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Passerculus |
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Description
Length: 4.3-5.9 in (11-15 cm) Weight: 0.5-1 oz (15-28 g) Wingspan: 7.9-8.7 in (20-22 cm)
They have a conical bill; yellow to whitish supercilium, and a thin, white central crown stripe. A short, forked tail and brown upperparts, varing from dark brown to gray-brown, with dark streaks their underparts are white with dark streaks.
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Habitat, Range, and Feeding
They like open fields, pastures, meadows, farm fields, salt marshes, and tundra.
Savannahs are ground nesters and their nests are simply made up of coarse grasses for the outter layer and the cup is tightly woven with finer grasses. The clutch size is 2 to 6 eggs, that are pale greenish, bluish, tan or white, with flecks and streaks. Incubation is 12 to 16 days; fledging or nest departure occurs on 7 to 11 days.
They are insect eaters, that include larvae, and small arthropods, and consume seeds particularly in winter.
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