Lincoln's Sparrow

Melospiza lincolnii (Audubon, 1834)

Lincoln's Sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii, breeds in western and northern North America and winters in Middle America. It is a passerine of the New World sparrows, first described by Audubon in 1834. The bird is tied to thickly vegetated places, especially brushy wetland habitats, and it is often hard to detect because it keeps to cover. Its sweet, wrenlike song is a key feature for identification. During the breeding season it uses subalpine and montane areas, while in migration it appears in thickets, bushes and other densely sheltered places.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Passerellidae — New World Sparrows

Breeding range

North America: w, n

Nonbreeding range

Middle America