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Harris's Sparrow

Zonotrichia querula

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Missouri.January 2,347, February 2,704, March 3,280, April 5,996, May 7,730, June 3,253, July 2,738, August 2,781, September 2,977, October 2,710, November 2,229, December 2,230.
United States409,822
Canada69,311
Missouri40,975
Ontario27,481
Colorado9,261
Alaska9,041
Wisconsin6,810
California6,338
Michigan5,635
British Columbia4,639

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Dietary

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyNew World Sparrows · Passerellidae
GenusZonotrichia Sparrows · Zonotrichia

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