Savannah Sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (0, 3)
Photo © By Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren - Savannah Sparrow, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63974252
STATUS
Canada to Guatemala. Polytypic.
OVERVIEW
The Dorset individual was assigned to the race P. s. princeps (Ipswich Sparrow) which breeds on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, while the second record was assigned to the race P. s. sandwichensis which occurs on islands off the Alaskan Peninsular and the Aleutian Islands.
One spring record and two autumn records so far.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1982 Dorset Portland Bill, 11th to 16th April, trapped 12th April, photo, P. s. princeps.
(British Birds 75: plate 122; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 78: 583; S. J. Broyd, British Birds 78: 647-656, plates 307-317; Dorset Bird Report 1982: photo; BOURC (1986), Ibis 128: 602; BOURC (1991), Ibis 133: 440; Birding World 10 (4): photo; M. Grantham, Birding World 18 (3): 130).
2). 1987 Fair Isle Shirva, first-winter, 30th September to 1st October, trapped 30th September, photo, P. s. sandwichensis.
(S. Aspinall, Twitching 1: 337-338, photos; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 81: 590; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 82: 557, corr.; BOURC (1991), Ibis 133: 222; BOURC (1992), Ibis 134: 380; P. M. Ellis, & N. J. Riddiford, British Birds 85: 561-564, plate 246; BOURC (1997), Ibis 139: 199; P. M. Ellis, Birding Scotland 6 (2): 85-87, plate 75; Birding Scotland 8 (3): plate 114).
3). 2003 Fair Isle Neder Taft, first-winter, 14th to 19th October, trapped 14th October, photo.
(D. N. Shaw, Birding World 16 (10): 423-426, plates 1-5; Birding World 16 (12): 523, photo; D. N. Shaw, Birding Scotland 6 (4): 178-180, plates 159-163; British Birds 96: plate 420; Fair Isle Bird Observatory Report 2003: photo; Birding Scotland 7 (2): plate 55; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 97: 619, plate 367; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photo; British Birds 101: plate 234; Scottish Birds 35: plate 30).
