Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Aves
      Order: Passeriformes
        Family: Passerellidae
          Genus: Centronyx
            Species: bairdii

Baird's Sparrow - Ammodramus bairdii

Baird's Sparrow

Image courtesy of Biota Information System of New Mexico

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Baird?s Sparrow (Ammodramus bairdii) is a small (12 cm), elusive bird that breeds in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, Canada and Montana, North and South Dakota and possibly Minnesota and Wyoming. It winters in arid grasslands in the western U.S., and is observed in New Mexico exclusively as a wintering species. It usually stays low in the grass and is primarily detected by its song.

Status

Global Rank: G4

State Rank: S1N

State Status: T

Federal Status:

USFS Status:

BLM Status: BLM SENSITIVE

SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 12

Number of Mapped Locations: 12

Number of Observations: 13

Observation date range: 08-07-1908 to 04-27-1997

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