Vesper sparrow
| Vesper sparrow | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passerellidae |
| Genus: | Pooecetes Baird, SF, 1858 |
| Species: | P. gramineus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pooecetes gramineus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | |
| Range Breeding Migration Year-round Nonbreeding | |
The vesper sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) is a medium-sized New World sparrow. The only member of the genus Pooecetes, it is a pale sparrow with brown streaks that breeds across the grasslands of northern North America. It migrates to winter in the southern United States and Mexico.