Lincoln's Sparrow

Adults have dark-streaked olive-brown upperparts with a light brown breast with fine streaks, a white belly and a white throat. They have a brown cap with a grey stripe in the middle, olive-brown wings and a narrow tail. Their face is grey with brown cheeks, a brown line through the eye and an eye ring. They are somewhat similar in appearance to the Song Sparrow.

The Lincoln's Sparrow is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Lincoln's Sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii, is a medium-sized sparrow. Adults have dark-streaked olive-brown upperparts with a light brown breast with fine streaks, a white belly and a white throat. They have a brown cap with a grey stripe in the middle, olive-brown wings and a narrow tail. Their face is grey with brown cheeks, a brown line through the eye and an eye ring. They are somewhat similar in appearance to the Song Sparrow. More

A drab, but handsome bird of boggy areas, the Lincoln's Sparrow is best identified by the fine streaks on its buffy chest. More

for Lincoln's Sparrow, has a duller breast, with blurry streaks. Lincoln's is grayer, with a more striped crown. Voice: Song, sweet and gurgling; suggests both House Wren's and Purple Finch's; starts with low passages, rises abruptly, drops. Range: Alaska, Canada, w. and ne. U.S. Winters s. U.S. to Panama. Habitat: Willow and alder thickets, muskeg, brushy bogs. In winter, thickets, weeds, bushes. More

So cute! This wily little Lincoln's Sparrow was one of a pair who were hanging out in the UCLA Botanical Garden on 1/22/06. Photo by Jason Finley. Thanks to Bobby Walsh, whose "Pishing" lured this guy onto a branch where I managed to get a line of sight to him! 1/22/06. Photo by Jason Finley. One of the two Lincoln's Sparrows, earlier the same day. More

Lincoln's Sparrow: Breeds across portions of Alaska and Canada, south to southwestern U.S., central Minnesota, and New England. Spends winters from southern U.S., south to Honduras. Found in shrubby meadows, shoreline forests, bog edges, and wetlands with tall vegetation. More

one, it was only the sixth Lincoln's Sparrow out of nearly 42,000 birds banded since 1982 at the Center. For another, some bird enthusiasts go years or even lifetimes without making positive identification of a Lincoln's Sparrow in the field. The problem is that Lincoln's Sparrows are skulkers that come down from their northern breeding grounds and seem to spend winter days trying to elude the gaze of Carolinas birders. More

North American RangeThe Lincoln's Sparrow is a small, streaky sparrow, similar in appearance to the Song Sparrow, but smaller and paler than the dark Song Sparrows seen in Washington. It has a white or buffy eye-ring and gray head. The breast is buffy and finely streaked, with the streaks often converging into a central spot, in sharp contrast with the belly, which is white and lacks streaks. More

Unfortunately, Lincoln's sparrow is not often heard here, as they don't sing much in migration. Audubon has said "we found more wildness about this species than any other inhabiting the same country" referring to the Labrador expedition on which the Lincoln's sparrow was discovered. More

Lincoln's Sparrows have darker gray eyestripes, buff stripes on the sides of the throat, a buffy upper breast, and finer, crisper streaks overall. Fox Sparrows are larger and usually redder overall than Song Sparrows. The pale Vesper Sparrow has a white eye-ring, white outer tail feathers, and a small rufous patch at the bend of the wing. More

Friday, December 18, 2009 Lincoln's Sparrow posted by Don Freiday | 9:01 AMDoug Gochfeld seems to be specializing in finding late birds, since he just reported a Lincoln's Sparrow at the Beanery, in the south corner of the first field with about 15 Swamp Sparrows. That's the wet area with the flags marking new plantings we've put in as part of habitat restoration there. More

Lincoln's sparrow also lacks that bird's prominent central breast spot." The "buffy eyering" & "slender bill" (The Sibley Guide to Birds, p. 499) contrasts this with the Vesper Sparrow. "... often raising its slight crest when disturbed (Alsop, 494)." Compare this to the closely similar Savannah Sparrow. Picture taken with a Nikon D80 using a Nikon 400mm f/5.6 manual focus lens. January 10, 2010. More

The secretive and elusive Lincoln's sparrow is one of those species that must be sought out, sometimes with great effort, in order to be observed. Like many in the sparrow family, it is often referred to as a skulker, afraid of its own shadow. This is a characteristic they take on after the breeding season when their singing subsides. I know from experience how easy it is to overlook this species. More

Lincoln's Sparrow: Feeds on insects and seeds; scratches at the ground while foraging. Readily Eats Safflower, Apple Slices, Suet, Millet, Peanut Kernels, Fruit Vocalization Lincoln's Sparrow: Song is a series of trilling notes that start with low passages, rise abruptly, then drops- "chur-chur-chur-wee-wee-wee-wee-wah." Call is a sharp "zee." Similar Species Lincoln's Sparrow: Song Sparrow has heavier breast streaks and white jaw line. More

The Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) is a widespread and common bird across much of North America. It winters across Texas and can sometimes be found in large numbers. The top bird on this page was taken of a migrant in April, 1995 in Starr Co., Texas with a tripod-mounted Canon T-90 and Sigma 500mm F4.5 lens with a 1.4X extender on Fuji Sensia 100. The next shot is a wintering bird in Kenedy Co., Texas, in February, 2000. More

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