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Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
European settlers named the Lark Sparrow for its varied, melodious song that reminded them of the Skylark. The most colourful of the open-country sparrows, it has a "boldly-patterned head and clean underparts? (Sibley 2014) and a long white-rimmed tail. It is a summer resident across a number of open habitats in western Canada and the central US. A permanent resident in California, Texas and northern Mexico it winters in the southern US and most of Mexico.
Lark Sparrows prefer brushy river coulees and tributary creek slopes within the grassland and aspen parkland regions of southern Saskatchewan. They may also be found on roadsides and in shelterbelts, corrals, pastures, and acreages, especially if the soil is sandy.
The Lark Sparrow is fairly common in the Cypress Hills and along waterways north to the South Saskatchewan and Qu'Appelle Rivers (Smith 1996). Its abundance has increased with the settlement of the prairies (Potter 1943b). It reaches the northern limit of its breeding range near the North Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan Rivers (Houston and Houston 2001).
Original text by Jan Shadick and Stan Shadick. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Lark Sparrow in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Lark 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=LASP&lang=en [09 Nov 2025]
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