Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Swamp Sparrow
Melospiza georgiana
- epik
- 72 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Lives ankle-deep in cattails and never seems to mind. Delivers messages with wet feet.
- Populasi
- ~23 million mature individuals, increasing (~1.1%/year, 1970–2017)
- Habitat
- Wetlands with standing water — boreal bogs, sedge/cattail marshes, beaver ponds, fens, wet brushy meadows, and (in coastal subspecies) brackish/salt marshes; rarely found away from water even on migration
- Fakta menarik
- The oldest known Swamp Sparrow on record was at least 7 years and 10 months old, identified through a bird-banding recovery in Maryland.
- Sebaran
- Breeds across boreal Canada and the northern/northeastern USA; winters in the eastern and southeastern USA, with smaller numbers reaching Mexico and the Caribbean
- Makanan
- Mainly arthropods (insects, spiders) during the breeding season; shifts to seeds and fruit in winter
- Ukuran
- 0,135 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,185 m
- Masa hidup
- 3 tahun
