Vesper sparrow
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The vesper sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) is a medium-sized New World sparrow. The only member of the genus Pooecetes, it is a pale sparrow with brown streaks that breeds across the grasslands of northern North America. It migrates to winter in the southern United States and Mexico.
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Vesper sparrow | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Passerellidae |
Genus: | Pooecetes Baird, SF, 1858 |
Species: | P. gramineus |
Binomial name | |
Pooecetes gramineus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | |
Range Breeding Migration Year-round Nonbreeding |
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