page_title: List of birds of Ohio
section_title: New World sparrows
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Ohio / New World sparrows
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Bruant des marais English: Swamp Sparrow
context_page_description: This list of birds of Ohio includes species documented in the U.S. state of Ohio and accepted by Ohio Bird Records Committee. As of July 2018, there were 433 species on the official list. Of them, 192 have been documented as breeding in the state, and 134 are review species as defined below. Eight species found in Ohio have been introduced to North America. Two species on the list are extinct, two more might be, and two have been extirpated. Three more species have been creditably reported to eBird through June 2020; their records are pending at the OBRC. Birds that are considered probable escapees, although they may have been sighted flying free, are not included.
  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.
  The following tags have been used to annotate some species:
  Breeding - species having a confirmed nest in modern times
context_section_description: Order: Passeriformes   Family: Passerellidae
  Until 2017, these species were considered part of 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. Twenty-eight species have been recorded in Ohio.
  Cassin's sparrow, Peucaea cassinii (R)
  Bachman's sparrow, Peucaea aestivalis (R)
  Grasshopper sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum (B)
  Black-throated sparrow, Amphispiza bilineata (R)
  Lark sparrow, Chondestes grammacus (B)
  Lark bunting, Calamospiza melanocorys (R)
  Chipping sparrow, Spizella passerina (B)
  Clay-colored sparrow, Spizella pallida (B)
  Field sparrow, Spizella pusilla (B)
  Fox sparrow, Passerella iliaca
  American tree sparrow, Spizelloides arborea
  Dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis (B)
  White-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys
  Golden-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia atricapilla (R)
  Harris's sparrow, Zonotrichia querula (R)
  White-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis
  Vesper sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus (B)
  LeConte's sparrow, Ammospiza leconteii
  Nelson's sparrow, Ammospiza nelsoni
  Baird's sparrow, Centronyx bairdii (R)
  Henslow's sparrow, Centronyx henslowii (B)
  Savannah sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis (B)
  Song sparrow, Melospiza melodia (B)
  Lincoln's sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii
  Swamp sparrow, Melospiza georgiana (B)
  Green-tailed towhee, Pipilo chlorurus (R)
  Spotted towhee, Pipilo maculatus (R)
  Eastern towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus (B)
caption: Swamp sparrow
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