page_title: List of birds of Oklahoma
section_title: New World sparrows
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Oklahoma / New World sparrows
caption_attribution_description: English: Savannah Sparrow public domain from USFWS.
context_page_description: This list of birds of Oklahoma includes species documented in the U.S. state of Oklahoma and accepted by the Oklahoma Ornithological Society's Bird Records Committee. As of October 2017, there were 480 species on the official list. Between then and July 2020, four additional species have been documented in eBird. Of the 484 species, 110 are classified as accidental, seven have been introduced to North America, two are known to be extinct, and two others might be extinct. An additional 16 species are classed as either hypothetical or of uncertain origin; 13 of them are also classed as accidental.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  Unless otherwise noted, all species listed below are considered to occur regularly in Oklahoma as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. These tags are used to annotate some species:
context_section_description: Order: Passeriformes   Family: Passerellidae
  Until 2017, these species were considered part of the family Emberizidae. Most of the species are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. Many of these have distinctive head patterns.
  Cassin's sparrow, Peucaea cassinii
  Bachman's sparrow, Peucaea aestivalis
  Grasshopper sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum
  Black-throated sparrow, Amphispiza bilineata
  Lark sparrow, Chondestes grammacus
  Lark bunting, Calamospiza melanocorys (A)
  Chipping sparrow, Spizella passerina
  Clay-colored sparrow, Spizella pallida
  Field sparrow, Spizella pusilla
  Brewer's sparrow, Spizella breweri
  Fox sparrow, Passerella iliaca
  American tree sparrow, Spizelloides arborea
  Dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis
  White-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys
  Golden-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia atricapilla (A)
  Harris's sparrow, Zonotrichia querula
  White-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis
  Sagebrush sparrow, Artemisiospiza nevadensis
  Vesper sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus
  LeConte's sparrow, Ammospiza leconteii
  Nelson's sparrow, Ammospiza nelsoni (A)
  Baird's sparrow, Centronyx bairdii
  Henslow's sparrow, Centronyx henslowii (A)
  Savannah sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis
  Song sparrow, Melospiza melodia
  Lincoln's sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii
  Swamp sparrow, Melospiza georgiana
  Canyon towhee, Melozone fuscus
  Rufous-crowned sparrow, Aimophila ruficeps
  Green-tailed towhee, Pipilo chlorurus
  Spotted towhee, Pipilo maculatus
  Eastern towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus
caption: Savannnah sparrow
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