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[[Image:Swamp_Sparrow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Chaiyan<br />Photo taken: Dunbar Slough, central Iowa, USA.]] | [[Image:Swamp_Sparrow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Chaiyan<br />Photo taken: Dunbar Slough, central Iowa, USA.]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
12-14cm. Streaked rusty and black upperparts, grey breast, light belly, white throat, rust-coloured cap and wings. Grey face, dark line through the eye. They have a short bill and fairly long legs. | 12-14cm. Streaked rusty and black upperparts, grey breast, light belly, white throat, rust-coloured cap and wings. Grey face, dark line through the eye. They have a short bill and fairly long legs. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[North America]] and central [[Canada]]. | [[North America]] and central [[Canada]]. | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Marshes. | Marshes. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
It builds a bulky nest with leaves arching over the top, which is attached to marsh vegetation. | It builds a bulky nest with leaves arching over the top, which is attached to marsh vegetation. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Melospiza+georgiana}} | {{GSearch|Melospiza+georgiana}} | ||
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Revision as of 05:33, 27 October 2008
- Melospiza georgiana
Identification
12-14cm. Streaked rusty and black upperparts, grey breast, light belly, white throat, rust-coloured cap and wings. Grey face, dark line through the eye. They have a short bill and fairly long legs.
Distribution
North America and central Canada.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Marshes.
Behaviour
It builds a bulky nest with leaves arching over the top, which is attached to marsh vegetation.
The diet includes insects and seeds.
