🐾 Savannah Sparrow

Passerculus sandwichensis · wildlife atlas entry

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The Savannah sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis ) is a small American sparrow. It is the only widely accepted member of the genus Passerculus . Comparison of mtDNA NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 and 3 sequences indicates that the Ipswich sparrow , formerly usually considered a valid species (as Passerculus princeps ), is a well-marked subspecies of the Savannah sparrow, whereas the southwestern large-billed sparrow should be recognized as a distinct species ( Passerculus rostratus ). Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Record card

Scientific name	Passerculus sandwichensis
Rank	species
Community observations	85,340 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Animalia › phylum Chordata › class Aves › order Passeriformes › family Passerellidae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

Savannah Sparrow photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-09-05 · Whatcom County, WA, USA
(c) Timothy McNitt, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Savannah Sparrow photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-09-05 · Whatcom County, WA, USA
(c) Timothy McNitt, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Savannah Sparrow photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Clover Point, Victoria, BC, Canada
(c) jeffreyb13_ogden, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Savannah Sparrow photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-04-16 · Downsview, North York, ON, Canada
(c) Steven McClellan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Savannah Sparrow photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-22 · Georgia, US
(c) Eliot VanOtteren, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Savannah Sparrow photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, 2850 Lust Rd, Apopka, FL 32703, USA
(c) mtart, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Savannah Sparrow photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Brick Yard Ponds, Augusta, GA, USA
(c) maymurphy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Savannah Sparrow photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, 2850 Lust Rd, Apopka, FL 32703, USA
(c) mtart, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

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