Harris's Sparrow 3235712 213118511 2008-05-17T21:32:02Z Betacommand 509520 clean up , typos fixed: arctic → Arctic using {{Taxobox | name = Harris's Sparrow | status = LC | image = Zonotrichia querulaFVF14CB.jpg | image_caption = Harris's Sparrow by [[Robert W. Hines|Bob Hines]] | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[passerine|Passeriformes]] | familia = [[American sparrow|Emberizidae]] | genus = ''[[Zonotrichia]]'' | species = '''''Z. querula''''' | binomial = ''Zonotrichia querula'' | binomial_authority = ([[Thomas Nuttall|Nuttall]], 1840) }} The '''Harris's Sparrow''', ''Zonotrichia querula'', is a large [[American sparrow|sparrow]]. Their breeding habitat is the north part of central [[Canada]] (primarily the [[Northwest Territories]], ranging a bit into northern [[Manitoba]]). In fact, this bird is Canada's only endemic breeder. In the winter they [[bird migration|migrate]] to the [[Great Plains]] states of the [[United States]], from lower [[South Dakota]] to upper [[Texas]]. The common name of this species commemorates the American amateur ornithologist [[Edward Harris (ornithologist)|Edward Harris]] (1799–1863). ==References== * {{IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=53550|title=Zonotrichia querula|downloaded=12 May 2006}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern ==External links== *[http://www.sdakotabirds.com/species/harris_sparrow_info.htm Harris's Sparrow Information and Photos] - South Dakota Birds and Birding *[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Harriss_Sparrow.html Harris's Sparrow Species Account] - Cornell Lab of Ornithology *[http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i5530id.html Harris's Sparrow - ''Zonotrichia querula''] - USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter *[http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=harris%27s+sparrow&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Harris's Sparrow photo gallery] VIREO ==Further reading== ===Book=== * Norment, C. J. and S. A. Shackleton. 1993. ''Harris’s Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula)''. In ''The Birds of North America'', No. 64 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington, D.C.: The American Ornithologists’ Union. ===Thesis=== * Norment CJ. Ph.D. (1992). ''The comparative breeding ecology of the Harris' sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) and white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) in the Northwest Territories, Canada''. University of Kansas, United States -- Kansas. * Watt DJ. Ph.D. (1983). ''PLUMAGE COLORATION AND DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR IN THREE SPECIES OF SPARROWS OF THE GENUS ZONOTRICHIA''. The University of Oklahoma, United States -- Oklahoma. ===Articles=== * Bridgwater DD. (1968). ''Winter Movement and Habitat Use by Harris Sparrow Zonotrichia-Querula''. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science. vol '''47''', p. 53-59. * Cook WM. (2004). ''Inadvertent bird captures in [[Sherman Trap|Sherman small mammal traps]] in an old field mosaic''. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. vol '''107''', no 3-4. p. 170-172. * Degraw WA & Kern MD. (1985). ''Changes in the Blood and Plasma Volume of Harris Sparrows Zonotrichia-Querula During Postnuptial Molt''. Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology A. vol '''81''', no 4. p. 889-894. * Degraw WA & Kern MD. (1990). ''Postnuptial Molt in Harris' Sparrows''. Condor. vol '''92''', no 4. p. 829-838. * Jackson WM, Rohwer S & Winnegrad RL. (1988). ''Status Signaling Is Absent within Age-and-Sex Classes of Harris' Sparrows''. Auk. vol '''105''', no 3. p. 424-427. * Keating JF, Robel RJ, Adams AW, Behnke KC & Kemp KE. (1992). ''Role of handling time in selection of extruded food morsels by two granivorous bird species''. Auk. vol '''109''', no 4. p. 863-868. * Norment CJ. (1992). ''Comparative breeding biology of Harris' sparrows and gambel's white-crowned sparrows in the Northwest Territories, Canada''. Condor. vol '''94''', no 4. p. 955-975. * Norment CJ. (1993). ''Nest-site characteristics and nest predation in Harris' sparrows and white-crowned sparrows in the Northwest Territories, Canada''. Auk. vol '''110''', no 4. p. 769-777. * Norment CJ. (1994). ''Breeding site fidelity in Harris' Sparrows, Zonotrichia querula, in the Northwest Territories''. Canadian Field Naturalist. vol '''108''', no 2. p. 234-236. * Norment CJ. (1995). ''Incubation patterns in Harris' Sparrows and White-Crowned Sparrows in the Northwest Territories, Canada''. Journal of Field Ornithology. vol '''66''', no 4. p. 553-563. * Norment CJ. (1995). ''Prebasic (postnuptial) molt in free-ranging Harris' Sparrows, Zonotrichia querula, in the Northwest Territories, Canada''. Canadian Field-Naturalist. vol '''109''', no 4. p. 470-472. * Norment CJ. (2003). ''Patterns of nestling feeding in Harris's Sparrows, Zonotrichia querula and White-crowned Sparrows, Z. leucophrys, in the Northwest Territories, Canada''. Canadian Field-Naturalist. vol '''117''', no 2. p. 203-208. * Norment CJ & Fuller ME. (1997). ''Breeding-season frugivory by Harris' sparrows (Zonotrichia querula) and white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys) in a low-Arctic ecosystem''. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie. vol '''75''', no 5. p. 670-679. * Peck GK & James RD. (1998). ''Breeding birds of Ontario: Nidology and distribution: Volume 2: Passerines (first revision - Part C: Tanagers to Old World sparrows)''. Ontario Birds. vol '''16''', no 3. p. 111-127. * Randall RN. (2004). ''Christmas bird counts for North Dakota 2003''. Prairie Naturalist. vol '''36''', no 2. p. 119-124. * Robel RJ, Barnes ME, Kemp KE & Zimmerman JL. (1990). ''Influences of Time Postmortem Feeding Activity and Diet on Digestive Organ Morphology of Two Emberizids''. Auk. vol '''107''', no 4. p. 669-677. * Robel RJ, Keating JF, Zimmerman JL, Behnke KC & Kemp KE. (1997). ''Consumption of colored and flavored food morsels by Harris' and American tree sparrows''. Wilson Bulletin. vol '''109''', no 2. p. 218-225. * Rohwer S. (1977). ''Status Signaling in Harris Sparrows Some Experiments in Deception''. Behaviour. vol '''61''', no 1-2. p. 107-129. * Rohwer S. (1985). ''Dyed Birds Achieve Higher Social Status Than Controls in Harris' Sparrows Zonotrichia-Querula''. Animal Behaviour. vol '''33''', no 4. p. 1325-1331. * Rohwer S & Ewald PW. (1981). ''The Cost of Dominance and Advantage of Subordination in a Badge Signaling System''. Evolution. vol '''35''', no 3. p. 441-454. * Rohwer S, Ewald PW & Rohwer FC. (1981). ''Variation in Size Appearance and Dominance within and among the Sex and Age Classes of Harris Sparrows Zonotrichia-Querula''. Journal of Field Ornithology. vol '''52''', no 4. p. 291-303. * Rohwer S & Rohwer FC. (1978). ''Status Signaling in Harris Sparrows Experimental Deceptions Achieved''. Animal Behaviour. vol '''26''', no 4. p. 1012-1022. * Rohwer S & Wingfield JC. (1981). ''A Field Study of Social Dominance Plasma Levels of Luteinizing Hormone and Steroid Hormones in Wintering Harris Sparrows Zonotrichia-Querula''. Zeitschrift fuer Tierpsychologie. vol '''57''', no 2. p. 173-183. * Sexton JW & Harker DFJ. (1972). ''Harriss Sparrow in Montgomery County Tennessee''. Migrant. vol '''43''', no 1. p. 20-21. * Shackleton SA, Ratcliffe L, Horn AG & Naugler CT. (1991). ''SONG REPERTOIRES OF HARRIS SPARROWS (ZONOTRICHIA-QUERULA)''. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie. vol '''69''', no 7. p. 1867-1874. * Shuman TW, Robel RJ, Zimmerman JL & Kemp KE. (1992). ''Time Budgets of Confined Northern Cardinals and Harris' Sparrows in Flocks of Different Size and Composition''. Journal of Field Ornithology. vol '''63''', no 2. p. 129-137. * Spicer GS. (1977). ''2 New Nasal Mites of the Genus Ptilonyssus Mesostigmata Rhinonyssidae from Texas USA''. Acarologia. vol '''18''', no 4. p. 594-601. * Wassenaar LI & Hobson KA. (2001). ''A stable-isotope approach to delineate geographical catchment areas of avian migration monitoring stations in North America''. Environmental Science & Technology. vol '''35''', no 9. p. 1845-1850. * Watt DJ. (1986). ''A Comparative Study of Status Signaling in Sparrows Genus Zonotrichia''. Animal Behaviour. vol '''34''', no 1. p. 1-15. * Watt DJ. (1986). ''Relationship of Plumage Variability Size and Sex to Social Dominance in Harris' Sparrows Zonotrichia-Querula''. Animal Behaviour. vol '''34''', no 1. p. 16-27. * Wilson FE. (1990). ''On the Recovery of Photosensitivity in Two Passerine Species American Tree Sparrows Spizella-Arborea and Harris' Sparrows Zonotrichia-Querula''. General & Comparative Endocrinology. vol '''79''', no 2. p. 283-290. * Wilson FE. (1991). ''THE RECOVERY OF PHOTOSENSITIVITY IN MALE HARRIS SPARROWS (ZONOTRICHIA-QUERULA)''. American Zoologist. vol '''31''', no 5. p. A21-A21. * Wilson FE. (1992). ''PHOTOREFRACTORY HARRIS SPARROWS (ZONOTRICHIA-QUERULA) EXPOSED TO A WINTER-LIKE DAYLENGTH GRADUALLY REGAIN PHOTOSENSITIVITY AFTER A LAG''. General and Comparative Endocrinology. vol '''87''', no 3. p. 402-409. {{Commons|Zonotrichia querula}} [[Category:Zonotrichia]] [[Category:Birds of Canada|Sparrow, Harris's]] [[Category:Birds of the United States|Sparrow, Harris's]] [[Category:Native birds of the Plains-Midwest (United States)|Sparrow, Harris's]] [[Category:North American migratory birds|Sparrow, Harris's]] [[fr:Bruant à face noire]] [[ja:カオグロシトド]]