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Lincoln's Sparrow -
(Melospiza lincolnii) 

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Identification

  • Small songbird
  • Brown above with dark streaks on back
  • Buffy color on chest and sides with
         fine streaking
  • Unstreaked white belly
  • Broad grey stripe above eye
  • Slender bill
  • 5.75" (15 cm.)

Habitat

  • Brushy lowlands, weedy fields
  • Forest edges

Additional Information

  • Uncommon migrant
  • Tends to be solitary and secretive in behavior

Lincoln's Sparrow standing on the ground

Lincoln's Sparrow on the grass 

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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