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Ammodramus bairdii

[edit] Identification

12cm

• Large flat head
• Brown upper parts
• White underparts, with streaking on the back, breast, and flanks
• Yellow face, nape, and crown stripe
• Short forked tail
• Large bill
• Brown eyes
• Pinkish legs.

[edit] Distribution

Great Plains of North America and southern central Canada, Winters to south-western US and northern Mexico.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Tall grass prairies.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

The nest is an open cup in a well-hidden grassy location on the ground. The lay two to six greyish white eggs, with brown spots and blotches.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects in summer and seeds in winter.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Wikipedia
3. All About Birds

• List of references

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