Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Harris's Sparrow
Zonotrichia querula
- tidak umum
- 40 km/h
- Hampir terancam
The only songbird that breeds exclusively in Canada. Wears a black bib like it's headed to a formal occasion.
- Populasi
- ~2 million mature individuals, declining approximately 1.9-2.2% annually (moderately rapid decline)
- Habitat
- Breeds in forest-tundra transition zone (shrubland, spruce, larch, wet sedge meadows, lichen); winters/migrates through shrubby fields, agricultural areas, and brushy patches
- Fakta menarik
- Harris's Sparrow is the only North American songbird species that breeds entirely within Canada and nowhere else in the world; it is also North America's largest sparrow (excluding towhees).
- Sebaran
- Breeds exclusively in far northern Canada (northwestern Ontario through northern Manitoba, northeastern Saskatchewan, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories); winters in the south-central Great Plains of the USA (Nebraska south to southern Texas); migrants have been recorded in every state in the lower 48
- Makanan
- Primarily seeds (also buds and berries such as crowberries); consumes insects and other invertebrates especially during the breeding season when insects are scarce; readily visits feeders for black oil sunflower seed, millet, and cracked corn
- Ukuran
- 0,185 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,27 m
- Masa hidup
- 2 tahun
