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Saltmarsh Sparrow

Ammospiza caudacuta

Classification

Class
Aves

The saltmarsh sparrow (Ammospiza caudacuta) is a small New World sparrow found in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States. At one time, this bird and the Nelson's sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni) were thought to be a single species, the sharp-tailed sparrow. Because of this, the species was briefly known as the "saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow."

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 37,267