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title: "Harris's Sparrow"
description: "Zonotrichia querula — Uccelli. Harris's sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) is a large sparrow."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/harris-s-sparrow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Harris's Sparrow

> Zonotrichia querula — Uccelli. Harris's sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) is a large sparrow.

- Scientific name: *Zonotrichia querula*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 9242
- Wikidata: [Q1034120](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1034120)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9182](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9182)

## Names

- en: Harris's Sparrow
- de: Harrisammer
- es: Gorrión de Harris
- fr: Bruant à face noire
- nl: Zwartkruingors
- pl: Pasówka czarnogardła

## Countries with the most observations

US (7620), CA (1333)

## Summary

Harris's sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) is a large sparrow. Their breeding habitat is the north part of central Canada (primarily the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, ranging slightly into northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan), making it Canada's only endemic breeding bird.  In the winter they migrate to the Great Plains states of the United States, from southern South Dakota to central Texas. The common name of this species commemorates the American amateur ornithologist Edward Harris (1799–1863).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris%27s_sparrow

## Photo

![Harris's Sparrow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/harris-s-sparrow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66553995

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/harris-s-sparrow?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).