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Medium-sized sparrow with fairly small bill. Neat appearance with fine, crisp streaks, gray face with pale eyering, and buffy wash across breast.
The dainty Lincoln's Sparrow has a talent for concealing itself. It sneaks around the ground amid willow thickets in wet meadows, rarely straying from cover.
Lincoln's sparrow
Bird
Lincoln's sparrow is a small sparrow native to North America. It is a less common passerine bird that often stays hidden under thick ground cover, but can be distinguished by its sweet, wrenlike song. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Melospiza lincolnii
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population stable)
Mass: 0.61 oz (Adult)
Order: Passeriformes
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Lincoln's sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) is a small sparrow native to North America. It is a less common passerine bird that often stays hidden under thick ...
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Breeds in thickets and shrubby clearings, usually within mixed or coniferous forests. Can be found in any brushy or weedy habitat in migration and winter.
Generally a skulker in dense low cover, this sparrow often goes unnoticed during migration and winter -- especially in the East, where it is quite uncommon.
Breeds in thickets and shrubby clearings, usually within mixed or coniferous forests. Can be found in any brushy or weedy habitat in migration and winter.
May 12, 2023 · Based on morphological and genetic evidence, Melospiza lincolnii is sister to Melospiza georgiana, with these two species in turn most closely ...
Lincoln's sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii, occurs, during breeding, in Alaska and across northern Canada south through the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific ...
Lincoln Sparrows occur in Texas and much of the southwestern and south-central US only during the winter. They nest mostly in Canada and the northwestern US.
The Lincoln's Sparrow is a small sparrow (total length 13.5–15.3 cm), usually solitary, and secretive in behavior.