Grasshopper Sparrow

Ammodramus savannarium

L 5"  WS .75"  WT  0.6oz (17g)

Relatively long-billed flat-headed, with short tail and somewhat pointed wings.  Compare Orange Bishop.

Grasshopper Sparrow:  Secretive species found singly in tall, dense grass.  Typical of the genus Ammodramus, they are short-tailed, large-headed, and intricately patterned.

Voice:  Song a very high, hissing, insectlike buzz  preceded by weak tik notes tik tuk tikeeeeeeeeeeeez; also a rolling jumble of high, buzzy, slurred phrases.  Call a very high thin sharp tip, usually rapidly doubled or tripled titip.  Flight call a sharp, high, rising tswees.