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Henslow's Sparrow
Centronyx henslowii (Audubon, 1829)
Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
Henslow's Sparrow, Centronyx henslowii, breeds in central and eastern North America and spends the nonbreeding season in the south-eastern USA. It is a passerine in the family Passerellidae. The bird was described by Audubon in 1829. It nests in shrubby, often wet fields, usually close to the ground in grass, and may do so in small colonies. Its breeding range includes southern Canada, the north-eastern United States and the midwestern United States, while wintering birds use weedy fields in the American south. Its ground-foraging diet includes insects, berries and seeds.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
- Breeding range
- North America: c, ec
- Nonbreeding range
- se USA
