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Passeriformes / Passerellidae / Pooecetes

Vesper Sparrow

Pooecetes gramineus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (vesspa) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Pooecetes

Subspecies (3)

Pooecetes gramineus affinis

breeds western Washington and western Oregon; winters to northwestern Baja
Pooecetes gramineus confinis

breeds southwestern Canada to southwestern USA; winters to southern Mexico (Chiapas)
Pooecetes gramineus gramineus

breeds southeastern Canada and east-central USA; winters to Texas and Gulf Coast

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (vesspa) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.