Sparrows of the ABA Area

Can you identify all sparrow species that have ever occurred in the ABA area and have been officially accepted onto the ABA list?

List contains members of families Passeridae and Passerellidae only.

ABA Rarity codes explained: CODE 1: Widespread, regularly occurring species. CODE 2: Uncommon, but regularly occurring. CODE 3: Rare. CODE 4: Casual. CODE 5: Accidental. CODE 6: Cannot be found. For a full explanation of ABA codes go to: https://www.aba.org/aba-checklist/

*Only one official accepted record, a specimen collected from Silver City, New Mexico in 1884

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Species	ABA Rarity Code
Abert's Towhee	1
American Tree Sparrow	1
Bachman's Sparrow	1
Baird's Sparrow	2
Bell's Sparrow	1
Black-chinned Sparrow	1
Black-throated Sparrow	1
Botteri's Sparrow	2
Brewer's Sparrow	1
California Towhee	1
Canyon Towhee	1
Cassin's Sparrow	1
Chipping Sparrow	1
Clay-colored Sparrow	1
Dark-eyed Junco	1
Eastern Towhee	1
Eurasian Tree Sparrow	2
Field Sparrow	1
Five-striped Sparrow	2
Fox Sparrow	1
Golden-crowned Sparrow	1
Grasshopper Sparrow	1
Green-tailed Towhee	1

Species	ABA Rarity Code
Harris's Sparrow	1
Henslow's Sparrow	2
House Sparrow	1
Lark Bunting	1
Lark Sparrow	1
LeConte's Sparrow	1
Lincoln's Sparrow	1
Nelson's Sparrow	1
Olive Sparrow	2
Rufous-crowned Sparrow	1
Rufous-winged Sparrow	2
Sagebrush Sparrow	1
Saltmarsh Sparrow	1
Savannah Sparrow	1
Seaside Sparrow	1
Song Sparrow	1
Spotted Towhee	1
Swamp Sparrow	1
Vesper Sparrow	1
White-crowned Sparrow	1
White-throated Sparrow	1
Worthen's Sparrow	5*
Yellow-eyed Junco	2