Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)

Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) - HBW 16, p. 545

French: Bruant à face noire German: Harrisammer Spanish: Chingolo de Harris

Taxonomy: Fringilla querula Nuttall, 1840, few miles west of Independence, Missouri, USA.
Genus probably close to Junco. Monotypic.

Distribution: Breeds in Canada from N Mackenzie (possibly from Yukon) E to C Nunavut, S to NE Saskatchewan, N Manitoba and NW Ontario. Winters in C & S USA primarily from SW South Dakota, N Nebraska and C Iowa S, E of foothills and W of R Mississippi, to SC & C Texas.