Species: Melospiza lincolnii
Lincoln's Sparrow
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Emberizidae
Genus
Melospiza
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
Gorrión de Lincoln - bruant de Lincoln
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Emberizidae - Melospiza
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A small bird (sparrow).
Migration
false - false - true - Migrates north through most of U.S. in April-May (Terres 1980).
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Eats insects, seeds, grain; forages on ground under grass and brush (Terres 1980, Stiles and Skutch 1989).
Reproduction Comments
Clutch szie 3-6 (usually 4-5). Probably sometimes 2 broods per year. Incubation about 13 days, by female. Young tended by both parents, leave nest at 10-12 days.
Ecology Comments
Breeding territory about 0.4 ha (Terres 1980).
Length
15
Weight
17
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-12-04
Global Status Last Changed
1996-12-04
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
BREEDING: western and central Alaska and Mackenzie across Canada through northern Saskatchewan to Labrador, south to southern California, southwestern U.S., southern Alberta, central Saskatchewan, central Michigan, New England, and Nova Scotia. NON-BREEDING: southern U.S. south regularly to Honduras, casually to central Panama; West Indies.