Spizella pallida (Swainson). Clay-colored Sparrow. Common transient throughout state. Possibly breeds in northwest: male (KU 31950) with greatly enlarged testes (9 × 6 mm.), 1 mile north of St. Francis, Cheyenne County, June 12, 1954, H. B. Tordoff.
No subspecies recognized.
Spizella breweri. Brewer Sparrow. Common transient in west. Five specimens known: four males, Morton County, April 8 to May 1, 1950, Richard and Jean Graber; one specimen (sex?), Finney County, May 3, 1954, Marvin D. Schwilling.
Subspecies in Kansas: S. b. breweri Cassin.
* Spizella pusilla. Field Sparrow. Common transient and summer resident and uncommon winter resident throughout state.
Subspecies in Kansas: S. p. arenacea Chadbourne, intergrading in east with S. p. pusilla (Wilson).
Zonotrichia querula (Nuttall). Harris Sparrow. Common transient and winter resident in east, uncommon in west.
No subspecies recognized.
Zonotrichia leucophrys. White-crowned Sparrow. Common transient and winter resident throughout state.