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Swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)

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Swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)

English, Dutch and scientific names.
Species/Soort Family/Familie Order/Orde Class/Klasse Phylum/Stam Kingdom/Rijk
Swamp sparrow Buntings, new world sparrows and allies Perching birds Birds Chordate Animals
Moerasgors Zangvogels Vogels Gewervelden Dieren
Melospiza georgiana Emberizidae Passeriformes Aves Chordata Animalia

Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive

2024:03:10 14:54:51
Swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 800, distance 14.4 m

Merritt Island NWR, Florida

2013:10:27 14:15:56
Swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
NIKON D7100 with AF Nikkor 300mm f/4 IF-ED, 1/1250 sec at F4.5, ISO 500, distance 0.03 m

Colonial Park, Somerset, New Jersey

2013:12:02 13:50:55
Swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/160 sec at F2.8, ISO 500, distance 7.94 m

A stream runs through the park. Most of the water drains away through a few lakes, but there are many birds in places where there is running water. The marsh bunting was one of them,

Merritt Island NWR, Florida

2013:10:27 15:49:00
Swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
NIKON D7100 with AF Nikkor 300mm f/4 IF-ED, 1/1000 sec at F7.1, ISO 400, distance 0.03 m

Where I have seen this species

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Buntings, new world sparrows and allies

Orders with photos