grasshopper sparrow

American  

noun

1. a brown and white North American sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum, having a buffy breast and a buzzing insectlike song.

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Etymology

Origin of grasshopper sparrow

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Ground-nesting birds, such as the diminutive grasshopper sparrow, are more elusive.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2023

In particular, birds with relatively large territories that sing at medium to high mean frequencies—such as the grasshopper sparrow found in North America—were less likely to be heard.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 17, 2022

But on May 9, 2016, the first four captive-bred Florida grasshopper sparrow chicks hatched in the Rare Species Conservancy’s laboratory, an event hailed as a major breakthrough.

From National Geographic • Jan. 25, 2021

Scientists have long feared the Florida grasshopper sparrow would be the next bird to go extinct in North America.

From Washington Post • May 22, 2020

That is not the nest of the grasshopper sparrow, after all; those are the eggs of the song sparrow, though the nest is more like that of the vesper sparrow.

From Camping & Tramping with Roosevelt by Burroughs, John