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Bachman's Sparrow - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by Glen Tepke
Croatan National Forest, North Carolina, USA, 4 September 2007
Peucaea aestivalis

Aimophila aestivalis

Identification

6" (15 cm)
Dull, streaked above, plain below, buff breast.

Distribution

South-eastern United States, breeding north to Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, but very local.

Winters chiefly in southern Atlantic and Gulf Coast states.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

This is a polytypic species consisting of three subspecies[1]:

  • P. a. illinoensis:
  • P. a. bachmani:
  • Oak-pine woods of Mid-Atlantic states to northern Gulf states
  • P. a. aestivalis :

Was formerly placed in genus Aimophila.

Habitat

Mature long-leaf pine forest, scattered shrubs; also fields and pastures.

Behaviour

Ground feeder; the diet includes crickets, beetles, grass and sedge seeds.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. 51st supplement to the AOU checklist of North American birds

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