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-0.989 (-1.19 - -0.77)|
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Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
True to its name, the Song Sparrow is an enthusiastic and frequent singer . It can be heard throughout the day, from early in the breeding season well into late summer. Rather tame and conspicuous, it sings vigorously from treetops and shrubs (Hay in Leighton et al. 2002). A highly variable species with 24 subspecies (Arcese et al. 2002), it breeds from the Aleutian Islands across southern Canada to Newfoundland and Labrador, south to California and northern Georgia. It winters across much of the US and into northern Mexico.
In addition to the wooded or shrubby margins of ponds, lakes, and streams, this sparrow can be found in farmland thickets, shrubbery around buildings, hedgerows, and bushy pastures.
The Song Sparrow is "a common summer resident of wooded wetland margins throughout the province,? except in the grasslands where it is local (Smith 1996).
Original text by Donna Bruce. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Song Sparrow in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Song 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=SOSP&lang=en [14 Nov 2025]
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