Vesper Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 14,519
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Vesper sparrow”.