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Bachman's Sparrow

Peucaea aestivalis

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedSeedsForestCup nestSmall · 20 g
Bachman's Sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis), photo 1
Photo: Chloe Lynn · CC BY 4.0
Bachman's Sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis), photo 2
Photo: Chloe Lynn · CC BY 4.0
Bachman's Sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis), photo 3
Photo: Jade Fortnash · CC0
Bachman's Sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis), photo 4
Photo: Jade Fortnash · CC0
Bachman's Sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis), photo 5
Photo: Kim · CC BY 4.0
Bachman's Sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis), photo 6
Photo: Kim · CC BY 4.0
Bachman's Sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis), photo 7
Photo: ntitelbaum · CC BY 4.0
Bachman's Sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis), photo 8
Photo: Daniel Berganza at English Wikipedia · CC BY 2.5
Bachman's Sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis), photo 9
Photo: ntitelbaum · CC BY 4.0
Bachman's Sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis), photo 10
Photo: Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren · CC BY 2.0

What the Bachman's Sparrow sounds like

Sonogram of the Bachman's Sparrow: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by steve · Song · Hoffman, Richmond County, North Carolina, United States · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Bachman's Sparrow: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by steve · Song · Hoffman, Richmond County, North Carolina, United States · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Bachman's Sparrow: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by steve · Song · Deercroft, Scotland County, North Carolina, United States · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Bachman's Sparrow

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Bachman's Sparrow

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

United States

Recorded as a rare visitor in Canada.

About the Bachman's Sparrow

Bachman's sparrow, also known as the pinewoods sparrow or oakwoods sparrow, is a small American sparrow that is endemic to the southeastern United States. This species was named in honor of Reverend John Bachman.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Stripe-headed Sparrow (Peucaea ruficauda) Stripe-headed SparrowPeucaea ruficaudaThe stripe-headed sparrow is 15 to 19.5 cm (5.9 to 7.7 in) long and weighs about 25 to 45 g (0.88 to 1.6 oz). Botteri's Sparrow (Peucaea botterii) Botteri's SparrowPeucaea botteriiBotteri's sparrow is about 15 to 17 cm (5.9 to 6.7 in) long and weighs 17 to 26 g (0.60 to 0.92 oz). Cassin's Sparrow (Peucaea cassinii) Cassin's SparrowPeucaea cassiniiThe sparrow has a long tail, gray-brown with white corners, and has dark marks on the back and sides.

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