Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Buntings, Sparrows, Seedeaters and Allies :: Lincoln's Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii

Described by: Audubon (1834)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): Zonotrichia lincolnii

Photographs

Miami Whitewater County Park, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Oct 8, 2003 © William Hull  Miami Whitewater County Park, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Oct 8, 2003 © William Hull  Montgomery County, Indiana, USA - Jul, 2005 © Clint Murray  Lincoln Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA - May 1, 2002 © Kanae Hirabayashi  Lincoln Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA - May 1, 2002 © Kanae Hirabayashi 
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Range

N. and w. North America;
(1) Canada from n. and c. Saskatchewan e. across c. Canada to c. Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland s. in ne. Minnesota, n. Wisconsin, c. Michigan, n. New York, and c. New England.
Winters in sw. United States to s. Mexico and Guatemala s. to Panama the West Indies (Greater Antilles).
(2) W. and c. Alaska and w. Canada in c. Yukon, nw. and s. Mackenzie.
Winters in California.
(3) Nw. United States in the mounatins of c. California, wc. Nevada, ec. Arizona, and n. New Mexico.
Winters in Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala s. to Panama.

Videos

Point Pelee National Park, Essex County, Ontario, Canada - May 11, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Bird is sitting on a branch.

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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