Swamp Sparrow

Melospiza georgiana - Bruant des marais

Bruant des marais
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Passerellidés

  • Genus
    :

    Melospiza

  • Species
    :

    georgiana

Descriptor

Latham, 1790

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 15 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 18 à 19 cm.
  • Weight
    : 11 à 24 g
Longevity

6 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Bruant des marais
♂ adult
Bruant des marais
♂ adult plum. breeding

Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) is a species of bird in the Passerellidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Melospiza georgiana georgiana (se Canada, ne and ec USA)
  • Melospiza georgiana ericrypta (s Canada, nc USA)
  • Melospiza georgiana nigrescens (coastal e USA. New Jersey to se Maryland.)

Foreign names

  • Bruant des marais,
  • Chingolo pantanero,
  • tico-tico-dos-pântanos,
  • Sumpfammer,
  • mocsári sármány,
  • Moerasgors,
  • Passero di palude,
  • träsksparv,
  • Sumpspurv,
  • strnádlik močiarny,
  • strnadec mokřadní,
  • Sumpspurv,
  • kaislasirkku,
  • sit d'aiguamoll,
  • Fenjatittilingur,
  • szarobrewka bagienna,
  • ceru zvirbulis,
  • močvirski vrabonad,
  • Болотная овсянка,
  • ヌマウタスズメ,
  • 沼泽带鹀,
  • träsksparv,
  • 沼澤帶鵐,

Voice song and call

Bruant des marais
adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Bruant des marais

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Marshes/Pools

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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