Utah Bird Profile
  Grasshopper Sparrow - Ammodramus savannarum

Name Roots: (Gr. ammos, "sand"; dramein, "to run" - L. savannarum, "of the meadows")

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by Paul Higgins

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Nesting,
feeding,
characteristic behaviors:
Nests on the ground in a cup nest. This species is an uncommon cowbird host. This species is an omnivore: ground forager.
  
Habitat: Breeds in Utah in grassland habitat.
  
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Occur. (RS)

(See Legend)

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Map of Sightings
  

Legend

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Unconfirmed Sightings

Sightings in Utah

(Updated Mar 2004)

 


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