Harris's sparrow
| Harris's sparrow Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Harris's sparrow, Ennadai Lake, Nunavut | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passerellidae |
| Genus: | Zonotrichia |
| Species: | Z. querula |
| Binomial name | |
| Zonotrichia querula (Nuttall, 1840) | |
| Range of Z. querula Breeding Migration Nonbreeding | |
Harris's sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) is a large sparrow. Their breeding habitat is the north part of central Canada (primarily the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, ranging slightly into northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan), making it Canada's only endemic breeding bird. In the winter they migrate to the Great Plains states of the United States, from southern South Dakota to central Texas. The common name of this species commemorates the American amateur ornithologist Edward Harris (1799–1863).
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