Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Savannah Sparrow FAMILY - Emberizidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Passerculus sandwichensis SYNONYMS - Emberiza sandwichensis - Gmelin, 1789 and Ammodramus sandwichensis REFERENCES - 12 and 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Winter visitor - migrant. 10 Winter visitor - migrant. 10 Apparently secure in Belize 11 Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities 11 PIF-2 Pri. 8, most winter n. Mexico 8 PIF Trend: Possible Decline 8 Transient, present briefly as migrant. 3 District Reference Belize 5 Cayo 5 Orange Walk 5 Stann Creek 5 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 9 Gallon Jug 5 Private land, see comments 5 Private land, see comments 6 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 6 1-200 m 7 401-600 m 9 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 5 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 7 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 5 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 00' to 88 10' 5 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 5 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 9 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 10' 4 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 00' to 88 10' 5 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 6 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 7 Subtropical moist 6 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 9 General Distribution Comments 10* Uncommon southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests. Uncommon Mtn. Pine Ridge/savannas on poor soil. Rare cayes inc. Ambergris. 5* Stann Creek 3* Transient, uncommon Mountain Pine Ridge and coastal savannas, fewer than five records in cays inc. Ambergris Cay. References 1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements. 3 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 4 Miller, B. 1994. Summary of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Bird Banding Laboratory DATA. in prep. 5 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 6 Robbins, Chandler. 1996. U.S.F.& Wildlife Service Wintering Bird Surveys for Belize. Unpublished data provided by C. Robbins. 7 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 8 Working Group, Partners in Flight. 1992. Needs Assessment: Monitoring Migratory Birds. Report for Neotropical Migratory Bird Program 9 Hinshaw, J. 1997. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology bird holdings through Jun. 1, 1997. 10 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p. 11 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize, Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern. Report to Programme for Belize/TNC Wings of America Program. 12 AOU. 1998. Checklist of North American Birds. 7th ed. American Ornithologist's Union. Washington, D.C.
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