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 LC    Le Conte's Sparrow* Id (Atlas):
    Ammospiza leconteii

Description (10)
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Family
Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Audubon, 1843)

Habitat
Temperate grassland, inland wetlands.

Range (Guide)
Canada (B), Mexico, USA (B).

Breeds in Canada from south-central Mackenzie (in Northwest Territories), Peace R lowlands of north-eastern British Columbia and throughout lowlands of Alberta east to central Manitoba, northern and eastern Ontario and locally southern Quebec, southern in USA to north-western Montana, northern South Dakota, southern Minnesota and northern Michigan. Non-breeding southern USA from central Kansas, north-western Arkansas, southern Georgia and coastal South Carolina south to Gulf Coast (Texas east to western Florida).
 
Population
Estimated population is 3,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (104)...)

 
LeConte's Sparrow (Ammospiza leconteii) [XC90157]
     by Bird Studies Canada - Prairie and Parkland Marsh Monitoring Program (PPMMP) from Big Sandy Unit, Bennett's Creek Overlook 1, Tennessee, United States (call)

 
LeConte's Sparrow (Ammospiza leconteii) [XC598435]
     by id from Fraser-Fort George H (near T\u00eate Jaune Cache), Fraser-Fort George, British Columbia, Canada (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus, as currently delimited, is probably polyphyletic. Molecular studies suggest that present species is in a clade with Seaside Sparrow (Ammospiza maritima), Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni) and Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammospiza caudacuta). Has hybridized with Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni).


References
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Files:
JPG files for Le Contes Sparrow (Ammospiza leconteii) - 10 files


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