| Common name | Baird’s sparrow | Grasshopper sparrow |
| Kingdom | Animalia | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata | Chordata |
| Class | Aves | Aves |
| Order | Passeriformes | Passeriformes |
| Family | Emberezidae | Emberezidae |
| Genus | Ammodramus | Ammodramus |
| Species | Ammodramus bairdii Audubon, 1844 | Ammodramus savannarum Gmelin, 1789 |