Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Nelson's Sparrow
Ammospiza nelsoni
- tidak umum
- 40 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Hides in coastal marsh grass and sings what sounds like a wet match striking. Stealth-mode courier.
- Populasi
- ~1,000,000 mature individuals, trend increasing
- Habitat
- Freshwater and brackish marshes and wet meadows for breeding (Canadian prairie potholes, Hudson Bay lowlands, interior grasslands); salt marshes with emergent grasses along the southeastern US Atlantic and Gulf coasts in winter
- Fakta menarik
- Nelson's Sparrow hybridizes with the closely related Saltmarsh Sparrow where their breeding ranges overlap in New England salt marshes, producing fertile hybrid offspring.
- Sebaran
- Breeds in a discontinuous range across the northern Great Plains/prairie Canada, the coastal strip south of Hudson Bay/James Bay, and the Atlantic coast of Maine and Canadian Maritimes; winters in coastal salt marshes from the mid-Atlantic US south along the Gulf Coast into Mexico
- Makanan
- Insects and other small invertebrates (including aquatic/marsh invertebrates), supplemented with seeds; forages by walking or hopping on the ground and marsh substrate, sometimes probing mud
- Ukuran
- 0,12 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,18 m
- Masa hidup
- 2 tahun
