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Cassin's Sparrow
Peucaea cassinii (Woodhouse, 1852)
Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
Cassin's Sparrow, Peucaea cassinii, is a passerine of the New World Sparrows that breeds in south-central and south-western USA and northern Mexico. It was first described by Woodhouse in 1852. The bird is best recognised by its song, and males are noted for singing in flight while rising and then gliding down, a display known as skylarking. It has a long tail, and the tail can show pale tips in flight. Adults and juveniles are similar, and some birds in the east of the range are more rufous above.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
- Breeding range
- North America, Middle America: sc, sw USA and n Mexico
