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Harris's Sparrow

Zonotrichia querula ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: EMBERIZIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

The striking Harris's Sparrow is rarely found far east or west of the middle of North America. It breeds along the edge of boreal forest and tundra in north-central Canada, and spends the winter in the very central region of the United States.

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Calls

  • Song
  • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Song one to three pure notes on one pitch; rarely given off breeding grounds. Call note a loud "tchip."

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