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title: "Preriówek plamisty"
description: "Ammodramus savannarum — Ptaki. The grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) is a small New World sparrow."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/grasshopper-sparrow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Preriówek plamisty

> Ammodramus savannarum — Ptaki. The grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) is a small New World sparrow.

- Scientific name: *Ammodramus savannarum*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 11502
- Wikidata: [Q1588210](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1588210)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10139](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10139)

## Names

- en: Grasshopper Sparrow
- de: Heuschreckenammer
- es: Gorrión chapulín
- fr: Bruant sauterelle
- nl: Sprinkhaangors
- pt: Escrevedeira-dos-gafanhotos
- pl: Preriówek plamisty

## Countries with the most observations

US (8558), CA (1112), MX (680), HN (34), PR (26), CR (22), BZ (16), SV (8), DO (5), CW (3)

## Summary

The grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) is a small New World sparrow. It belongs to the genus Ammodramus, which contains three species that inhabit grasslands and prairies. Grasshopper sparrows are sometimes found in crop fields and they will readily colonize reclaimed grassland. In the core of their range, grasshopper sparrows are dependent upon large areas of grassland where they avoid trees and shrubs. They seek out heterogenous patches of prairie that contain clumps of dead grass or other vegetation where they conceal their nest, and also contain barer ground where they forage for insects (especially grasshoppers…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper_sparrow

## Photo

![Preriówek plamisty](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/grasshopper-sparrow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/139086137

## Machine access

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