A photograph of a paper cutout of a photo of a Brewer’s Sparrow perched on a bare bush overlooking a lake
“Brewer’s Sparrow” perched on a bare bush overlooking a lake

Brewer’s Sparrow

BRSP
  • Scientific: Spizella breweri
  • Spanish: Chingolo de Brewer
  • French: Bruant de Brewer
  • Family: New World Sparrows
  • Bird Code: BRSP

If there is a 3° C increase in temperature due to unmitigated climate change

Predicted percentage of habitat lost

69%
Summer range lost
45%
Winter range lost

Climate and other threats imore info

Habitat

Canyons, deserts, high mountains, shrublands, and savannahs.

Range

Southwest and west central United States in summer, shifting into north central Mexico in winters.

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Did you know?

In the Hopi language the Brewer’s Sparrow is named pu-lham’chu-wuh.