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| Abert's Towhee |
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The Abert's Towhee (Pipilo aberti) is a bird of the family Emberizidae, native to a small range in southwestern North America, generally the lower Colorado River and Gila River watersheds, nearly endemic to Arizona, but also present in small parts...
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Bird Conservation Region 33 | RD-b5 | Partners in Flight Species Assessment Database (2005) | |
| Abert's Towhee |
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Bird Conservation Region 34 | RD-b4 | Partners in Flight Species Assessment Database (2005) | ||
| Abert's Towhee |
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The Abert's Towhee (Pipilo aberti) is a bird of the family Emberizidae, native to a small range in southwestern North America, generally the lower Colorado River and Gila River watersheds, nearly endemic to Arizona, but also present in small parts...
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Bird Conservation Region 35 | RD-b1 | Partners in Flight Species Assessment Database (2005) | |
| Northern Goshawk |
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The Northern Goshawk /ˈɡɒs.hɔːk/ (Old English: gōsheafoc, "goose-hawk"), Accipiter gentilis, is a medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes other diurnal raptors, such as eagles, buzzards and harriers.
It is a...
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Earth | PS-g4 | Partners in Flight Species Assessment Database (2005) | |
| Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Earth | PS-g2 | Partners in Flight Species Assessment Database (2005) | |||
| Short-eared Owl |
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Earth | PS-g3 | Partners in Flight Species Assessment Database (2005) | ||
| Acadian Flycatcher |
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The Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.
Adults have olive upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have a white eye ring, white wing bars and a wide...
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Earth | PS-g3 | Partners in Flight Species Assessment Database (2005) | |
| Peregrine Falcon |
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The Shaheen Falcon (Falco peregrinus peregrinator), also known as the Indian Peregrine Falcon, Black Shaheen, Indian Shaheen, or simply the Shaheen, is a non-migratory subspecies of the Peregrine Falcon found mainly on the Indian subcontinent and...
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North Carolina | North Carolina Endangered Species | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | |
| Wood Stork |
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North Carolina | North Carolina Endangered Species | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | ||
| Red-cockaded Woodpecker |
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The Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) is a woodpecker found in southeastern North America.
About the size of the Northern Cardinal, it is approximately 8.5 in. (20–23 cm) long, with a wingspan of about 14 in. (36 cm.) and a weight of about...
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North Carolina | North Carolina Endangered Species | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | |
| Spotless Crake |
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The Spotless Crake (Porzana tabuensis) is a species of bird in the rail family, Rallidae. It is found in American Samoa, Australia, the Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Micronesia, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines...
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United States of America | Priority 3 | Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions | |
| `Akikiki | United States of America | Priority 2 | Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions | |||
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
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The Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus, is a cuckoo. Common folk-names for this bird in the southern United States are Rain Crow and Storm Crow. These likely refer to the bird's habit of calling on hot days, often presaging thunderstorms....
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United States of America | Priority 3 | Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions | |
| Shy Ground-dove |
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The Tongan Ground Dove (Gallicolumba stairi), also known as the Shy Ground Dove, is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. The species was formerly known also as the Friendly Ground Dove. It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and...
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United States of America | Priority 9 | Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions | |
| Streaked Horned Lark |
The Streaked Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris strigata) is a rare subspecies of the Horned Lark that breeds and winters in Oregon and Washington.
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United States of America | Priority 3 | Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions | ||
| United States of America | Priority 6 | Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions | ||||
| Kittlitz's Murrelet |
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The Kittlitz's Murrelet, (Brachyramphus brevirostris) is a small alcid found in the waters off Alaska and Eastern Siberia. This critically endangered species is, like the closely related Marbled Murrelet, unusual for seabirds in not being colonial,...
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United States of America | Priority 2 | Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions | |
| Xantus's Murrelet |
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Xantus's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus) is a small seabird found in the California Current system in the Pacific Ocean. This auk breeds on islands off California and Mexico. It is threatened by predators introduced to its breeding colonies...
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United States of America | Priority 5 | Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions | |
| Lesser Prairie Chicken |
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United States of America | Priority 8 | Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions | ||
| Sage Grouse |
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The Sage Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) is the largest grouse in North America, where it is known as the Greater Sage-Grouse. Its range is sagebrush country in the western United States and southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. A population...
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United States of America | Priority 6 | Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions | |
| Band-rumped Storm-petrel |
The Band-rumped Storm Petrel, Madeiran Storm Petrel, or Harcourt's Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma castro) is of the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae.
The Band-rumped Storm Petrel is 19–21 cm in length with a 43–46 cm wingspan, and weighs 44–49 g. It is...
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United States of America | Priority 3 | Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions | ||
| Elfin-woods Warbler |
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United States of America | Priority 5 | Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions | ||
| `Akek`ee |
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The ʻAkekeʻe is a bird species in the family Fringillidae, where it is placed in the Hawaiian honeycreeper genus Loxops. It is endemic to the island of Kauaʻi where it is found in small numbers in higher elevations. Because of the unusual bill and...
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United States of America | Proposed Endangered | Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions; Proposed Rule | |
| `Akikiki |
The ʻAkikiki (Oreomystis bairdi) is a critically endangered bird that is found in some parts of Kauaʻi. It was found in many parts of the lowland areas but has been pushed back due to transmission disease. It is a small grey topped white bellied...
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United States of America | Proposed Endangered | Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions; Proposed Rule | ||
| Cooper's Hawk |
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | ||
| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
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The Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) is a small hawk. In fact, "sharp-shins" or "sharpies" (as they are sometimes casually called) are the smallest to reside in USA and Canada, though some Neotropical species are smaller (notably the aptly...
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | |
| Grasshopper Sparrow |
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The Grasshopper Sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum, is a small sparrow. The Ammodramus genus of 11 species inhabit grasslands and marshes.
Adults have upperparts streaked with brown, grey, black and white; they have a light brown breast, a white belly...
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | |
| Anhinga |
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | ||
| Short-eared Owl |
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The Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) is a species of typical owl (family Strigidae). In Scotland this species of owl is often referred to as a cataface, grass owl or short-horned hootlet. Owls belonging to genus Asio are known as the eared owls, as...
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | |
| Pine Siskin |
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The Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) is a North American bird in the finch family. It is a migratory bird with an extremely sporadic winter range.
Adults are brown on the upperparts and pale on the underparts, with heavy streaking throughout. They have...
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | |
| Brown Creeper |
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | ||
| Wilson's Plover |
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The Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia) is a small plover.
Wilson's Plover is a coastal wader which breeds on both coasts of the Americas from the equator northwards. Its range extends north to include much of the U.S. eastern seaboard, and the...
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | |
| Lark Sparrow |
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The Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) is a fairly large American sparrow. It is the only member of the genus Chondestes.
This passerine bird breeds in southern Canada, much of the United States, and northern Mexico. It is much less common in the...
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | |
| Northern Harrier |
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | ||
| Black-billed Cuckoo |
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The Black-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus, is a cuckoo.
Adults have a long brown tail and a black bill. The head and upper parts are brown and the underparts are white. There is a red ring around the eye. Juveniles are drabber, and the eye...
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | |
| Magnolia Warbler |
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Setophaga magnolia, commonly known as the Magnolia warbler, is a member of the Parulidae family of wood warblers. [4] This warbler was first discovered in magnolia trees in the 19th century by famed ornithologist Alexander Wilson while in...
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | |
| Bobolink |
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | ||
| Little Blue Heron |
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The Little Blue Heron, Egretta caerulea, is a small heron. It breeds from the Gulf states of the USA through Central America and the Caribbean south to Peru and Uruguay. It is a resident breeder in most of its range, but some northern breeders...
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | |
| Snowy Egret |
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The Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) is a small white heron. It is the American counterpart to the very similar Old World Little Egret, which has established a foothold in the Bahamas.
Adults are typically 61 centimetres (24 in) long and weigh 375 grams ...
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | |
| Tricolored Heron |
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | ||
| Alder Flycatcher |
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The Alder Flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum, is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.
Adults have olive-brown upperparts, browner on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have a white eye ring, white wing bars, a small...
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | |
| Willow Flycatcher |
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The Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.
Adults have brown-olive upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have an indistinct white eye ring, white wing...
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | |
| American Kestrel |
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| Black-necked Stilt |
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The Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) is a locally abundant shorebird of American wetlands and coastlines. It is found from the coastal areas of California through much of the interior western United States and along the Gulf of Mexico as...
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | |
| Mississippi Kite |
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The Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is 12 to 15 inches (30–37 cm) beak to tail and has a wingspan averaging 3 feet (91 cm). Weight is from 214 to 388 grams (7.6-13.7 oz). Adults are...
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | |
| Least Bittern |
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| Yellow-crowned Night Heron |
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The Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea, formerly placed in the genus Nycticorax), also called the American Night Heron or squawk, is a fairly small heron, similar in appearance to the Black-crowned Night Heron. It is found throughout a...
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
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The Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus, is a large seed-eating songbird in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). It breeds in cool-temperate North America, migrating to tropical America in winter.
Adult birds are is 18–19 cm (7.1–7.5 in)...
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Earth | Secure Globally | North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan | |
| Glossy Ibis |
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| Vesper Sparrow |
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The Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) is a medium-sized American sparrow. It is the only member of the genus Pooecetes.
Adults have light brown upperparts and light underparts, both with darker streaking. They have a white eye ring and a long...
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| Black Skimmer |
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The Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger, is a tern-like seabird, one of three very similar birds species in the skimmer family. It breeds in North and South America. Northern populations winter in the warmer waters of the Caribbean and the tropical and...
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| Dickcissel |
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| Caspian Tern |
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The Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia, formerly Sterna caspia; syn. Hydroprogne tschegrava, Helopus caspius) is a species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution. Despite its extensive range, it is monotypic of its genus, and has...
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| Common Tern |
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The Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, its four subspecies breeding in temperate and subarctic regions of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory,...
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| Gull-billed Tern |
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| Barn Owl |
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The Barn Owl (Tyto alba) is the most widely distributed species of owl, and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as Common Barn Owl, to distinguish it from other species in the barn-owl family Tytonidae. These form one of...
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| Blue-winged Warbler |
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The Blue-winged Warbler, Vermivora cyanoptera, is a fairly common New World warbler, 11.5 cm long and weighing 8.5 g. It breeds in eastern North America in southern Ontario and the eastern USA. Its range is extending northwards, where it is...
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| Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow |
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| Henslow's Sparrow |
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Henslow's Sparrow, Ammodramus henslowii, is a small American sparrow.
Adults have streaked brown upperparts with a light brown breast with streaks, a white belly and a white throat. They have a pale stripe on the crown with a dark stripe on each...
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