page_title: List of birds of Kansas
section_title: New World sparrows
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Kansas / New World sparrows
context_page_description: This list of birds of Kansas includes species documented in the U.S. state of Kansas and accepted by the Kansas Ornithological Society. As of March 2020, there are 479 species included in the official list. Of them, 70 are classed as accidental, 12 are classed as hypothetical, and five have been introduced to North America. In addition to the 479, two species are extinct and one has been extirpated.
  Only birds that are considered to have established, self-sustaining, wild populations in Kansas are included on this list. This means that birds that are considered probable escapees, although they may have been sighted flying free in Kansas, 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.
  These tags are used to annotate some species:
  Accidental – "Fewer than ten Kansas records" per the KOS
  Extinct – a recent species that no longer exists
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 (A)
  Grasshopper sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum
  Black-throated sparrow, Amphispiza bilineata (A)
  Lark sparrow, Chondestes grammacus
  Lark bunting, Calamospiza melanocorys
  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
  Harris's sparrow, Zonotrichia querula
  White-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis
  Sagebrush sparrow, Artemisiospiza nevadensis (A)
  Vesper sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus
  LeConte's sparrow, Ammospiza leconteii
  Nelson's sparrow, Ammospiza nelsoni
  Baird's sparrow, Centronyx bairdii
  Henslow's sparrow, Centronyx henslowii
  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: White-crowned sparrow
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