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-1.86 (-3.46 - -0.208)|
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Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
The Grasshopper Sparrow is one of the more secretive of Saskatchewan's southern prairie songbirds, seldom leaving its ground-level world among the grass stems. Its breeding range extends from extreme southern Canada locally through the US, Central America, and the Greater Antilles to northwestern South America; wintering occurs from the southeastern US southward.
Breeding locations are scattered unevenly across Saskatchewan's grassland and Cypress Hills regions as well as the southern portion of the aspen parkland. Grasshopper Sparrows seem to prefer ungrazed or lightly grazed pastures and hayfields (native or tame, though native may be preferred), dotted with isolated clumps of rose and snowberry (Davis 2004). The Grasshopper Sparrow exhibits high annual variability in population density and makes new habitat selection decisions annually (Ahlering et al. 2009).
The Grasshopper Sparrow is an uncommon and very localized summer resident breeding in small, loose colonies located here and there across Saskatchewan's southernmost grasslands. The northern range extends to Unity, Redberry Lake, and Theodore (Smith 1996).
Original text by Trevor Herriot. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Grasshopper Sparrow in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Grasshopper Sparrow in Latremouille, L. M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, C. B. Jardine, D. Lepage, A. R. Couturier, D. Evans, D. Iles, and K. L. Drake (eds.). 2025. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Saskatchewan, 2017-2021. Birds Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://sk.birdatlas.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=GRSP&lang=en [14 Nov 2025]
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