''Passerculus'' is a genus of birds that belongs to the
New World sparrow
New World sparrows are a group of mainly New World passerine birds, forming the family Passerellidae. They are seed-eating birds with conical bills, brown or gray in color, and many species have distinctive head patterns.
Although they share th ...
family Passerellidae. Currently it is considered to include just the
Savannah sparrow (''P. sandwichensis'').
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Passerellidae
Monotypic bird genera
American sparrows
Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte