Cassin's Sparrow
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| iCassin's Sparrow | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||
| Aimophila cassinii (Woodhouse, 1852) |
The Cassin's Sparrow (Spanish: Zacatonero de Cassin), Aimophila cassinii, is a medium-sized sparrow.
This passerine bird's range is primarily along the United States/Mexico border, with a breeding range that extends through the Great Plains states up to the southwestern corner of Nebraska, and a winter range that extends well into Mexico.
The name of this bird commemorates the American ornithologist John Cassin.
 This article about a passerine bird is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
