Harris's Sparrow
Common
Name: Harris’s Sparrow (HASP)
Scientific
Name:
Zonotrichia querula
Global/Continental
Conservation Status: Not on
IUCN 2004 Red List
National-level
Conservation Status:
U.S.
– Bird of Conservation Concern
Key
Reference(s):
BNA No. 64 (Norment and Shackleton 1993)
Distribution:
Breeds from nw and e-c Mackenzie and s Keewatin south to ne
Saskatchewan, n Manitoba, and nw Ontario; winters primarily from n
Nebraska and c Iowa south to s-c and c coastal Texas, and rarely but
regularly north to se Alaska, s British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, ne
Saskatchewan and North Dakota, west to s California, s Nevada, s Utah, s
Arizona, and s New Mexico, and east to w Tennessee, Arkansas and nw
Louisiana (AOU 1998)
Habitat
Associations:
Brush & stunted trees in coniferous forest-tundra ecotone; in
migration and winter in thickets, open woodland, forest edge, windbreaks,
hedgerows, and scrub (AOU 1998)
Source(s)
of Research/monitoring Needs (Number in ( ) is Physiographic Area number):
Canadian Action Plan (Dunn 2002); Osage Plains(33); PIF Monitoring Needs
document (Partners in Flight Science Committee 2004)
PIF
Continental Plan Monitoring Needs Category: Mo2
(BBS trends have very low precision) and Mo3 (species with inadequate
northern coverage)
RESEARCH/MONITORING NEEDS (source(s) of needs)
Monitoring
- Priority
monitoring action – Conduct arctic surveys (PIF Monitoring Needs
doc)
- Second
priority monitoring action – Improve the Christmas Bird Count (CBC);
(similar) Evaluate quality of Christmas Bird Count for monitoring HASP
and compare with feeder count trends and other data on status to
confirm or refute decline; update CBC analysis (Canadian Action Plan)
- Investigate
causes of HASP population declines if confirmed (Canadian Action Plan)
- See
needs under “Wintering”
Migration
- Habitat
selection and factors affecting local HASP populations on migration
routes (Canadian Action Plan)
Wintering
- Habitat
selection/associations and factors affecting local HASP populations on
wintering grounds (Canadian Action Plan; Osage Plains)
- Develop
more information on winter ecology of HASP (Canadian Action Plan)
- Determine
patterns of distribution and abundance (Osage Plains)
[Link
to References]
[Link
to PIF Bird Conservation Plans]
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