Zapata sparrow
| Zapata sparrow | |
|---|---|
| T. i. varonai Cayo Romano, Cuba | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passerellidae |
| Genus: | Torreornis Barbour & Peters, 1927 |
| Species: | T. inexpectata |
| Binomial name | |
| Torreornis inexpectata | |
| Subspecies | |
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The Zapata sparrow (Torreornis inexpectata) is a medium-sized grey and yellow bird that lives in the grasslands of the Zapata Swamp and elsewhere on the island of Cuba. Measuring about 16.5 centimetres (6.5 in) in length, it is grey and yellow overall with a dark reddish-brown crown and olive-grey upperparts.