Ammodramus

Ammodramus
Yellow-browed sparrow (A. aurifrons)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus:
Swainson, 1827
Type species
Ammodramus bimaculatus[1]
Swainson, 1827
Species

See text

Synonyms

Passerherbulus Maynard, 1895
Palaeostruthus

Ammodramus is a genus of birds in the family Passerellidae, in the group known as American sparrows. Birds of this genus are known commonly as grassland sparrows.[2] The name Ammodramus is from the Greek for "sand runner".[3]

These birds live in grassland habitat. Some Ammodramus are socially monogamous and both parents care for the young. Other species are polygynous with no pair bonding and no paternal care.[4]

Several species were once included in this genus, but have been reclassified into the genera Ammospiza and Centronyx by sources such as Birdlife International and the American Ornithological Society.[5] Current species in this genus include:[2][6][7]

Species

Genus Ammodramus – Swainson, 1827 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Grasshopper sparrow

Ammodramus savannarum
(Gmelin, 1789)

Twelve subspecies
  • A. s. perpallidus (Coues, 1872)
  • A. s. ammolegus Oberholser, 1942
  • A. s. pratensis (Vieillot, 1818)
  • A. s. floridanus (Mearns, 1902)
  • A. s. bimaculatus Swainson, 1827
  • A. s. beatriceae Olson, 1980
  • A. s. cracens (Bangs & Peck, 1908)
  • A. s. caucae Chapman, 1912
  • A. s. savannarum (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
  • A. s. intricatus Hartert, EJO, 1907
  • A. s. borinquensis Peters, JL, 1917
  • A. s. caribaeus (Hartert, EJO, 1902)
United States, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
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Diet: 		 LC 


Grassland sparrow

Ammodramus humeralis
(Bosc, 1792) 		Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
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Diet: 		 LC 


Yellow-browed sparrow

Ammodramus aurifrons
(Spix, 1825)

Four subspecies
  • A. a. apurensis William Henry Phelps and Ernest Thomas Gilliard in 1941
  • A. a. cherriei Frank Chapman in 1914
  • A. a. tenebrosus John Todd Zimmer and Phelps in 1949
  • A. a. aurifrons Spix in 1825
South America
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Diet: 		 LC 



The fossil Ammodramus hatcheri (Late Miocene of Kansas, United States) was formerly placed in genus Palaeospiza or Palaeostruthus. The former may not be a passeriform at all, while the latter was eventually synonymized with Ammodramus, as A. hatcheri scarcely differs from the living species.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Passerellidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ a b Ammodramus. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
  3. ^ Beedy, E. C., E. R. Pandolfino, and K. Hansen. Birds of the Sierra Nevada: Their Natural History, Status, and Distribution. University of California Press. 2013. Page 314.
  4. ^ Hill, C. E., & Post, W. (2005). Extra-pair paternity in seaside sparrows. Journal of Field Ornithology, 76(2), 119-126.
  5. ^ Chesser, R. Terry; Kevin J. Burns; Carla Cicero; Jon L. Dunn; Andrew W. Kratter; Irby J. Lovette; Pamela C. Rasmussen; J.V. Remsen Jr.; Douglas F. Stotz; Benjamin M. Winger; Kevin Winker (2018). "Fifty-ninth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds". The Auk. 135 (3): 798–813. doi:10.1642/AUK-18-62.1.
  6. ^ Ammodramus. Birdlife.org
  7. ^ "BirdLife Data Zone". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  8. ^ Steadman, D. W., & McKitrick, M. C. (1982). A Pliocene bunting from Chihuahua, Mexico. The Condor, 84(2), 240-241.
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