Saltmarsh Sparrow Photo Gallery
Adult
Small, flat-headed sparrow with a round belly. Key field marks include orangish eyebrow and mustache, buffy breast with streaking that gently fades towards the belly.
© Evan Lipton / Macaulay LibraryRhode Island, June 10, 2017Adult
Flat-headed sparrow with a relatively long bill. The eyebrow and mustache stripes are orangish. The flanks are streaked brown.
© Derek Rogers / Macaulay LibraryNew York, October 15, 2016Adult
Found in tidal saltwater marshes with extensive reeds and grasses. Runs or walks along the ground dipping in and out of grasses.
© Jay McGowan / Macaulay LibraryNew York, May 24, 2015Not all videos have sound© Ryan Schain / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, June 27, 2017
© Derek Rogers / Macaulay LibraryNew York, October 22, 2017
Juvenile
Juveniles are heavily streaked below and have a ghosting of the adult's facial pattern.
© Jonathan Eckerson / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, August 18, 2017© Ryan Schain / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, July 15, 2012
Adult
Small, flat-headed sparrow with a round belly. Key field marks include orangish eyebrow and mustache, buffy breast with streaking that gently fades towards the belly.
© Evan Lipton / Macaulay LibraryRhode Island, July 05, 2014© Evan Lipton / Macaulay LibraryRhode Island, September 27, 2017
© Samuel Paul Galick / Macaulay LibraryNew Jersey, May 22, 2018
Habitat
Breeds in tidal saltmarshes where it can be difficult to see.
© Evan Lipton / Macaulay LibraryRhode Island, June 10, 2017Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
New World Sparrows(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Passerellidae)
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