Zapata sparrow

Zapata sparrow
T. i. varonai Cayo Romano, Cuba
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Passerellidae
Genus:	Torreornis Barbour & Peters, 1927
Species:	T. inexpectata
Binomial name
Torreornis inexpectata Barbour & Peters, 1927
Subspecies
T. i. inexpectata T. i. sigmani T. i. varonai

The Zapata sparrow (Torreornis inexpectata) is a medium-sized grey and yellow bird that lives in the grasslands of the Zapata Swamp and elsewhere on the island of Cuba. Measuring about 16.5 centimetres (6.5 in) in length, it is grey and yellow overall with a dark reddish-brown crown and olive-grey upperparts.