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Passerculus sandwichensis (Savannah Sparrow)

Synonyms: Ammodramus sandwichensis; Emberiza sandwichensis (homotypic); Emberiza spec
Language: French; Spanish

Infraspecies

Passerculus sandwichensis alaudinus
Passerculus sandwichensis anthinus
Passerculus sandwichensis anulus
Passerculus sandwichensis atratus
Passerculus sandwichensis beldingi (Savannah sparrow)
Passerculus sandwichensis brooksi (Dwarf Savannah Sparrow)
Passerculus sandwichensis brunnescens
Passerculus sandwichensis crassus
Passerculus sandwichensis guttatus (Belding's Sparrow) (Attributes)
Passerculus sandwichensis labradorius
Passerculus sandwichensis magdalenae
Passerculus sandwichensis mediogriseus
Passerculus sandwichensis nevadensis
Passerculus sandwichensis princeps (Ipswich Sparrow)
Passerculus sandwichensis rostratus (Large-billed Sparrow) (Attributes)
Passerculus sandwichensis sanctorum (San Benito Sparrow) (Attributes)
Passerculus sandwichensis sandwichensis (Aleutian Savannah Sparrow)
Passerculus sandwichensis savanna
Passerculus sandwichensis wetmorei

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
19
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.55956
EDGE Score: 2.02281
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  20 grams
Birth Weight [3]  2 grams
Female Weight [1]  19 grams
Male Weight [1]  21 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  10.5 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Temperate grasslands, Arctic tundra, Alpine tundra, Coastal saltmarshes, Agricultural
Wintering Geography [2]  Southern U.S./Mexico
Wintering Habitat [2]  Temperate grasslands, Coastal saltmarshes, Agricultural
Forages - Mid-High [4]  10 %
Forages - Understory [4]  10 %
Forages - Ground [4]  80 %
Clutch Size [5]  5
Clutches / Year [3]  1
Fledging [1]  14 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  170,000,000
Incubation [3]  12 days
Mating System [6]  Monogamy (mostly)
Maximum Longevity [3]  7 years
Female Maturity [3]  1 year
Male Maturity [3]  1 year

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

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Ecosystems

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
California Floristic Province Mexico, United States No
Caribbean Islands Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks And Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands - British, Virgin Islands - U.S. No
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No

Prey / Diet

Panicum amarum (bitter panicgrass)[7]
Polyphylla pubescens[7]
Schizachyrium maritimum (gulf bluestem)[7]
Uniola paniculata (seaoats)[7]

Predators

Accipiter striatus (Sharp-shinned Hawk)[7]
Falco columbarius (Merlin)[8]
Falco peregrinus (Peregrine Falcon)[7]
Falco sparverius (American Kestrel)[7]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ceratophyllus diffinis[9]
Ceratophyllus garei[9]
Dasypsyllus gallinulae perpinnatus[9]
Dasypsyllus stejnegeri[9]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Audio

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 6Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 8Raptor Predation on Wintering Shorebirds, G. Page and D. F. Whitacre, The Condor, Vol. 77, No. 1 (Spring, 1975), pp. 73-83
♦ 9International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Audio software provided by SoundManager 2
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0