Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Baird's Sparrow
Centronyx bairdii
- tidak umum
- 40 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Northern Great Plains specialist with a tinkling song. Disappearing as fast as the grasslands themselves.
- Populasi
- ~3.4 million breeding individuals, declining, ~65% cumulative decline 1967-2023 (flagged a Red Alert Tipping Point species)
- Habitat
- Native mixed-grass and tallgrass prairie, moist fescue prairie, and shortgrass/sagebrush steppe with dense grass cover; avoids heavily grazed, woody, or cropland-converted areas
- Fakta menarik
- Baird's Sparrow was collected and described in 1843 by John James Audubon during his final major expedition (near Fort Union, present-day North Dakota) — it became the last species Audubon described and the final plate in The Birds of America — and was named for his young traveling companion Spencer Fullerton Baird, who went on to become the Smithsonian's first curator (1850) and its second Secretary (1878-1887).
- Sebaran
- Breeds in the northern Great Plains of south-central Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba) and the north-central US (Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota); winters in the southwestern US (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) and northern Mexico grasslands
- Makanan
- Insects (grasshoppers, beetles, caterpillars, leafhoppers, flies, spiders) during breeding season; grass and weed seeds especially in winter
- Ukuran
- 0,12 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,23 m
- Masa hidup
- 3 tahun
