Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
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BirdsIn Stark County, Ohio

Grasshopper Sparrow

Ammodramus savannarum (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

Grasshopper Sparrow in all of Ohio
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Genus
Ammodramus

Conservation status

  • Endangered under the US Endangered Species Act (listed as Ammodramus savannarum floridanus) (US Fish and Wildlife Service, list as of November 2026)

Exact locations of listed species are never shown.

Species of concern in Ohio (Ohio Division of Wildlife, June 2026)

Ohio's Division of Wildlife names it as one that might become threatened in Ohio under continued or increased stress, or one it has some concern for but too little information to judge. It is not listed as endangered or threatened.

Near Stark County

Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 1 of Ohio's 88 counties. Explore Ohio

Within its mapped range in Ohio. Range: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Species Range Maps CONUS_2001 (2018).

  • No result yet (86)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (0)
  • Recorded, season not shown (1)
  • Season shown (1)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Show as a table
Counties as a table
Grasshopper Sparrow by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecords
Adams CountyNo qualifying records yet
Allen CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ashland CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ashtabula CountyNo qualifying records yet
Athens CountyNo qualifying records yet
Auglaize CountyNo qualifying records yet
Belmont CountyNo qualifying records yet
Brown CountyNo qualifying records yet
Butler CountyNo qualifying records yet
Carroll CountyNo qualifying records yet
Champaign CountyNo qualifying records yet
Clark CountyNo qualifying records yet
Clermont CountyNo qualifying records yet
Clinton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Columbiana CountyNo qualifying records yet
Coshocton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Crawford CountyNo qualifying records yet
Cuyahoga CountyNo qualifying records yet
Darke CountyNo qualifying records yet
Defiance CountyNo qualifying records yet
Delaware CountyNo qualifying records yet
Erie CountyNo qualifying records yet
Fairfield CountyNo qualifying records yet
Fayette CountyNo qualifying records yet
Franklin CountyNo qualifying records yet
Fulton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Gallia CountyNo qualifying records yet
Geauga CountyNo qualifying records yet
Greene CountyNo qualifying records yet
Guernsey CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hamilton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hancock CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hardin CountyNo qualifying records yet
Harrison County30 · Season shown
Henry CountyNo qualifying records yet
Highland CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hocking CountyNo qualifying records yet
Holmes CountyNo qualifying records yet
Huron CountyNo qualifying records yet
Jackson CountyNo qualifying records yet
Jefferson CountyNo qualifying records yet
Knox CountyNo qualifying records yet
Lake CountyNo qualifying records yet
Lawrence CountyNo qualifying records yet
Licking CountyNo qualifying records yet
Logan CountyNo qualifying records yet
Lorain CountyNo qualifying records yet
Lucas CountyNo qualifying records yet
Madison CountyNo qualifying records yet
Mahoning CountyNo qualifying records yet
Marion CountyNo qualifying records yet
Medina CountyNo qualifying records yet
Meigs CountyNo qualifying records yet
Mercer CountyNo qualifying records yet
Miami CountyNo qualifying records yet
Monroe CountyNo qualifying records yet
Montgomery CountyNo qualifying records yet
Morgan CountyNo qualifying records yet
Morrow CountyNo qualifying records yet
Muskingum CountyNo qualifying records yet
Noble CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ottawa CountyNo qualifying records yet
Paulding CountyNo qualifying records yet
Perry CountyNo qualifying records yet
Pickaway CountyNo qualifying records yet
Pike CountyNo qualifying records yet
Portage CountyNo qualifying records yet
Preble CountyNo qualifying records yet
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yet
Richland CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ross CountyNo qualifying records yet
Sandusky CountyNo qualifying records yet
Scioto CountyNo qualifying records yet
Seneca CountyNo qualifying records yet
Shelby CountyNo qualifying records yet
Stark County21 · Recorded, season not shown
Summit CountyNo qualifying records yet
Trumbull CountyNo qualifying records yet
Tuscarawas CountyNo qualifying records yet
Union CountyNo qualifying records yet
Van Wert CountyNo qualifying records yet
Vinton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Warren CountyNo qualifying records yet
Washington CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wayne CountyNo qualifying records yet
Williams CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wood CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wyandot CountyNo qualifying records yet

Season

When it is recorded

In Stark County

Not enough evidence

The weeks are still too uncertain to show a season. Based on 21 records in 7 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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Recording in Stark County · records of all species each week, 33,891 in all

Records per week from 21 records in 7 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

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Records of Grasshopper Sparrow in Stark County each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Grasshopper SparrowYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–1000143
Jan 11–1700119
Jan 18–2400147
Jan 25–3100143
Feb 1–700117
Feb 8–1400168
Feb 15–2100164
Feb 22–2800247
Mar 1–700246
Mar 8–1400250
Mar 15–2100316
Mar 22–2800302
Mar 29 – Apr 400254
Apr 5–1100386
Apr 12–1811628
Apr 19–2500720
Apr 26 – May 2211,636
May 3–9331,048
May 10–1611697
May 17–2311768
May 24–30531,208
May 31 – Jun 632850
Jun 7–1300906
Jun 14–2021903
Jun 21–27111,262
Jun 28 – Jul 4001,285
Jul 5–11111,477
Jul 12–18001,492
Jul 19–25001,222
Jul 26 – Aug 1001,310
Aug 2–8001,099
Aug 9–15111,148
Aug 16–22001,200
Aug 23–29001,155
Aug 30 – Sep 5001,026
Sep 6–12001,177
Sep 13–19001,868
Sep 20–2600782
Sep 27 – Oct 300687
Oct 4–1000770
Oct 11–1700548
Oct 18–2400336
Oct 25–3100382
Nov 1–700289
Nov 8–1400168
Nov 15–2100147
Nov 22–2800116
Nov 29 – Dec 50084
Dec 6–1200108
Dec 13–1900113
Dec 20–2600123
Dec 27 – Jan 200151

In Ohio

Late April to early August, middle week Jun 14–20

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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 169 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not how common it is. The grey bars show how many records of all species were made here each week, so you can see when recording itself was high or low; the season is not adjusted by them.

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Records of Grasshopper Sparrow in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Grasshopper SparrowYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–10006,211
Jan 11–17005,146
Jan 18–24004,645
Jan 25–31004,698
Feb 1–7006,023
Feb 8–14005,888
Feb 15–21005,436
Feb 22–28006,846
Mar 1–7008,321
Mar 8–140010,384
Mar 15–210012,620
Mar 22–280013,949
Mar 29 – Apr 40019,661
Apr 5–110026,860
Apr 12–181139,925
Apr 19–255341,623
Apr 26 – May 29456,391
May 3–910652,952
May 10–1610653,785
May 17–234357,698
May 24–3013654,651
May 31 – Jun 610753,099
Jun 7–1311753,700
Jun 14–2017656,625
Jun 21–2717855,361
Jun 28 – Jul 411658,477
Jul 5–1120761,336
Jul 12–1810464,722
Jul 19–256469,753
Jul 26 – Aug 13259,416
Aug 2–85559,712
Aug 9–152255,994
Aug 16–221154,328
Aug 23–292151,772
Aug 30 – Sep 51157,167
Sep 6–120059,075
Sep 13–190054,543
Sep 20–260045,860
Sep 27 – Oct 30043,180
Oct 4–100037,841
Oct 11–170030,824
Oct 18–240021,156
Oct 25–310019,021
Nov 1–70014,172
Nov 8–140012,621
Nov 15–21007,965
Nov 22–28008,136
Nov 29 – Dec 5006,083
Dec 6–12006,004
Dec 13–19005,423
Dec 20–26005,661
Dec 27 – Jan 2108,459

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Identification

How to identify it

Often confused with

  • House Sparrow Passer domesticus65 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis32 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus25 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis18 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii14 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Months not reported

  1. Jan: no record
  2. Feb: no record
  3. Mar: no record
  4. Apr: recorded
  5. May: recorded
  6. Jun: recorded
  7. Jul: recorded
  8. Aug: recorded
  9. Sep: no record
  10. Oct: no record
  11. Nov: no record
  12. Dec: recorded

Not reported in Ohio in January to March and September to November, 2016 to 2025.

Times of day, land cover and photos from records are not shown for species whose locations are protected.

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
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Records behind the Ohio result

169 records from 2 datasets.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

Links to individual records are not shown for this species, to protect the places it is recorded.