Harris's Sparrow
A rare sighting of a Harris's Sparrow (Immature) at Hulls Gulch, Boise, Idaho
The Harris's Sparrow is the only North American songbird that breeds in Canada and nowhere else in the world.
The Harris's Sparrow was named after Edward Harris, a friend of John J. Audubon, who collected a specimen in 1843. Audubon eagerly named the specimen thinking he was the first person to do so. Little did he know that Thomas Nuttall collected the bird first in 1834 and named it "Mourning Finch."
Harris's Sparrow
A rare sighting of a Harris's Sparrow (Immature) at Hulls Gulch, Boise, Idaho
The Harris's Sparrow is the only North American songbird that breeds in Canada and nowhere else in the world.
The Harris's Sparrow was named after Edward Harris, a friend of John J. Audubon, who collected a specimen in 1843. Audubon eagerly named the specimen thinking he was the first person to do so. Little did he know that Thomas Nuttall collected the bird first in 1834 and named it "Mourning Finch."