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Savannah Sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis · Family Passerellidae
Passerculus sandwichensis
Family Passerellidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 4,174,085
- Countries and territories with records
- 26

About this species
This species has 4,174,085 occurrence records from 26 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (78%) and Canada (21%); together they account for 99.1% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.29% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Passerculus sandwichensis combines the genus name Passerculus with the species epithet sandwichensis. It is the only species of the genus Passerculus in the Warbla app catalog.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 129 species of the family Passerellidae. This species ranks 8th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Melospiza melodia. Its record count is 5.1 times the family average (810,852). The family Passerellidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.