A small sparrow common throughout most of North America.
Passerculus sandwichensis, Family Emberizidae
Example sentencesExamples
The town had fewest species, but many of these showed larger numbers here than in the other ecosystems, e.g., semipalmated sandpipers, horned larks, savannah sparrows, white-crowned sparrows, and Lapland longspurs.
I found two separate indigo bunting territories, heard a rose-breasted grosbeak singing in the distance as well as the song of a savannah sparrow in a nearby field.
Wheelwright and Mauck found that first-time breeding savannah sparrows settled farther from their natal site if it was still occupied by the parent of opposite sex.
Semipalmated sandpipers, savannah sparrows, white-crowned sparrows, and Lapland longspurs were all abundant, especially along the overgrown edges of ditches amongst the houses.
Definition of savannah sparrow in US English:
savannah sparrow
nounsəˈvanə ˌsperō
A small sparrow common throughout most of North America.
Passerculus sandwichensis, Family Emberizidae
Example sentencesExamples
Wheelwright and Mauck found that first-time breeding savannah sparrows settled farther from their natal site if it was still occupied by the parent of opposite sex.
I found two separate indigo bunting territories, heard a rose-breasted grosbeak singing in the distance as well as the song of a savannah sparrow in a nearby field.
Semipalmated sandpipers, savannah sparrows, white-crowned sparrows, and Lapland longspurs were all abundant, especially along the overgrown edges of ditches amongst the houses.
The town had fewest species, but many of these showed larger numbers here than in the other ecosystems, e.g., semipalmated sandpipers, horned larks, savannah sparrows, white-crowned sparrows, and Lapland longspurs.