Swamp sparrow Melospiza georgiana
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Length: 5 inches
Conical bill
Rusty crown-solid in Summer, streaked in Winter
Gray face and supercilium
Black streak extends behind eye
White throat with dark malar streak ...
Swamp Sparrow
Melospiza georgiana
The Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) breeds across most of Canada as well as much of the northeastern United States.
Swamp Sparrows are fairly common breeding birds in wetlands throughout northern Alberta south to the northern edge of the parklands.
The Swamp Sparrow is aptly named, as they are most often found in dense thickets of freshwater swamps and wetlands. They are normally quite solitary, and while they may be locally common, they are most often encountered as single birds or pairs.
Swamp Sparrow
(Melospiza georgiana)
Status: Year-round Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2010
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Confirmed
1992 to 1996: Likely but not confirmed
1997 to 2001: Confirmed
2002 to 2006: Confirmed ...
Swamp Sparrow
Last updated 4/20/96
This common winter sparrow is found in wet fields and ditches, marshes, and swamps of the UTC.
Swamp Sparrows have variable backs, a gray face and rusty colored wings. Often the crown will look "bushy".
SWAMP SPARROW.
[Swamp Sparrow.]
AMMODRAMUS PALUSTRIS, Wils.
[Melospiza georgiana.] ...
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) ...
Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana. Common to fairly common in winter, spring, and fall in all regions. Found in freshwater marshes and shrubby and weedy areas, especially near water. Low Conservation Concern.
Swamp Sparrow
Winter Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Vesper Sparrow
Winter Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Swamp Sparrow
Range: North America
Habitat: wet areas
Southern Masked-Weaver
Range: Southern Africa
Habitat: acacia woodland, dry savanna ...
In search of these auditory-motor neurons, Jonathan Prather and other researchers at Duke University recorded the activity of single neurons in the HVCs of swamp sparrows.
The American Tree Sparrow and the Swamp Sparrow both have rufous caps, but neither of these breed in the Southeast. The American Tree Sparrow has a dark central spot on its breast and has more gray on the head.
Significant differences in abundance were not found, or differences were too inconsistent to make conclusions, for Killdeer, Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Tree Swallow, Swamp Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Common Grackle, ...
Its buffy brown breast band, fine breast stripes and grayish brown face are marks to distinguish it from other sparrows. Song and Swamp Sparrows in juvenile plumages also have buffy suffusions across the breast but are darker overall than young ...
Sparrow, Coastal Plain Swamp Melospiza georgiana Found: North America
Photographed by: Dick Daniels at the Washington National Zoo
This is a subspecies of the Swamp Sparrow that lives in saltwater marshes along the milddle Atlantic states.
Among the many sparrows found in the United States are the song sparrow, the white-throated sparrow (or peabody bird), and the chipping, white-crowned, vesper, Lincoln's, fox, field, tree, and swamp sparrows.
Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana: Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, NY, 24 Jan
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis: Central Park, Manhattan, NY, 06 Jan ...
 See also: Sparrow, Purple, Cormorant, Heron, Bittern
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