Savannah Sparrow Images, Facts and Information:
Passerculus sandwichensis
- Savannah Sparrows are small and have whitish underparts with heavily streaked breasts and sides and dark gray-brown upperparts with streaks, their heads have a brown crown and they have pale yellow to white eyelines. Usually they have a yellow wash on their lores.
- Savannah Sparrows are migratory. Their breeding range extends from Alaska east to Labrador, as far south as Georgia in the east and central Arizona in the West. There are year round resident, breeding populations in Mexico and southern California.
- Savannah Sparrows are found in marshes, wet meadows, salt marshes, short-grass prairies, tundra, mountain meadows, and grasslands.
- Savannah Sparrows feed on insects, spiders and seeds.
- Savannah Sparrows lay 2 to 6 eggs which hatch in 10 to 13 days. Both sexes incubate and they are monogamous.
- A group of sparrows can be called a “flutter”, “ubiquity”, “crew” or a “quarrel” of sparrows.
- Savannah Sparrows can live to be more than 6 years of age.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Savannah Sparrow photos.
Fall Savannah Sparrow in a marsh
Title: Fall Savannah Sparrow in a marsh
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/25/2023
Autumn Savannah Sparrow at Farmington Bay
Title: Autumn Savannah Sparrow at Farmington Bay
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/25/2023
Spring Savannah Sparrow in side light
Title: Spring Savannah Sparrow in side light
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/26/2023
Savannah Sparrow in urban habitat
Title: Savannah Sparrow in urban habitat
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 4/7/2023
Savannah Sparrow in front of snow
Title: Savannah Sparrow in front of snow
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 4/6/2023
Adult Savannah Sparrow singing in the marsh of Bear River MBR
Title: Adult Savannah Sparrow singing in the marsh of Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/6/2022
Savannah Sparrow perched in the marsh at Bear River MBR
Title: Savannah Sparrow perched in the marsh at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/6/2022
Late winter Savannah Sparrow perched on a fence
Title: Perched late winter Savannah Sparrow
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/14/2022
Perched late winter Savannah Sparrow
Title: Perched late winter Savannah Sparrow
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/14/2022
Savannah Sparrow foraging in late winter
Title: Savannah Sparrow foraging in late winter
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/14/2022
Late winter Savannah Sparrow on the ground
Title: Late winter Savannah Sparrow on the ground
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/14/2022
Savannah Sparrow in Summit County
Title: Savannah Sparrow in Summit County
Location: Kamas, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/7/2021
Singing Savannah Sparrow
Title: Singing Savannah Sparrow
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/5/2021
Savannah Sparrow adult perched in wild roses
Title: Savannah Sparrow adult perched in wild roses
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/6/2020
Perky Savannah Sparrow in a wild rose
Title: Perky Savannah Sparrow in a wild rose
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/6/2020
Savannah Sparrow in early morning light
Title: Savannah Sparrow in early morning light
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/16/2019
Savannah Sparrow on some rocks
Title: Savannah Sparrow on some rocks
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/16/2019
Perched Savannah Sparrow near a wetland
Title: Perched Savannah Sparrow near a wetland
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/23/2019
Centennial Valley Savannah Sparrow on Greasewood
Title: Centennial Valley Savannah Sparrow on Greasewood
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/10/2017
Savannah Sparrow singing at Bear River MBR
Title: Savannah Sparrow singing at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/12/2017