Henslow's Sparrow
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae Genus: Ammodramus Species: A. henslowii
Binomial name
Ammodramus henslowii (Audubon,, 1829)

The Henslow's Sparrow, Ammodramus henslowii, is a small sparrow. Henslows Sparrow. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascideiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Many - see section below. ... Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... Genera Arremon Arremonops Melozone Pipilo Aimophila Oriturus Torreornis Spizella Pooecetes Chondestes Amphispiza Calamospiza Passerculus Ammodramus Passerella Xenospiza Melospiza Zonotrichia Junco American sparrows are a group of mainly New World passerine birds of the family Emberizidae. ... Genus Ammodramus Swainson, 1827 The genus Ammodramus is a group of American sparrows in the family Emberizidae. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... John James Audubon - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Genera Arremon Arremonops Melozone Pipilo Aimophila Oriturus Torreornis Spizella Pooecetes Chondestes Amphispiza Calamospiza Passerculus Ammodramus Passerella Xenospiza Melospiza Zonotrichia Junco American sparrows are a group of mainly New World passerine birds of the family Emberizidae. ...

Adults have streaked brown upperparts with a light brown breast with streaks, a white belly and a white throat. They have a pale stripe on the crown with a dark stripe on each side, an olive face and neck, rust-coloured wings and a short dark forked tail.

Their breeding habitat is shrubby fields, often wet, in southern Canada and the northeastern United States. The nest is a well-concealed open cup on or close to the ground in grassy location; these birds often nest in small colonies.

They migrate to marshes and open pine woods in the southeastern United States. // Long-distance land bird migration Many species of land birds migrate very long distances, the most common pattern being for birds to breed in the temperate or arctic northern hemisphere and winter in warmer regions, often in the tropics or the southern hemisphere. ... This article is about marsh, a type of wetland. ... Species About 115. ...

These birds forage on the ground, mainly eating insects and seeds.

Their song is a quick se-lick.

The range and numbers of this bird are decreasing, probably due to habitat loss. This bird was named after John Stevens Henslow, a professor of botany at Cambridge University. John Stevens Henslow (February 6, 1796 - May 16, 1861) was an English botanist and geologist. ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world (after Oxford). ...

The Texas subspecies (houstonensis) was solely found on a 105-acre brushfield near Houston, Texas and disappeared after devegetation.