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Ammodramus caudacutus

Photo by Glen Tepke
Photo taken: Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA.

[edit] Identification

Similar to the Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow but has a white throat separated from the orange face by a dark streak (uniformly orange in Nelson's) and more streaking on the breast.

Adults have brownish upperparts with grey on the crown and nape, a cream-coloured breast with dark streaks and a white throat and belly; they have an orange face with grey cheeks and a short pointed tail.

[edit] Distribution

An inhabitant of the coastal saltmarsh of North America's Atlantic coast. Breeds in the north, and winters in the south. Resident in between.

[edit] Taxonomy

Polytypic. Consists of two subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Salt marshes.

[edit] Behaviour

They build an open cup nest above the high tide line.

The diet includes insects, aquatic invertebrates and seeds.

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