#1074 · 🐦 birds

Lincoln's Sparrow

🇳🇱 Lincolns Gors ·Melospiza lincolnii

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Kelly Colgan Azar · CC BY-ND 4.0
2. © JanetandPhil · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Kelly Colgan Azar · CC BY-ND 4.0
4. © Jamie Chavez · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Town of Rockingham, VT, USA:© joannerusso · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Brewster County, TX, USA:© Michael Price · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. Fort McMurray, AB, Canada:© MK · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 20 Hitchcock Rd, Saxtons River, VT 05154, USA:© joannerusso · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 5365 CR 326, Lexington, Lee Co, TX, USA:© Linda Jo Conn · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 4511 TX-71, Del Valle, TX 78617, USA:© Eric Isley · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Lincoln's sparrow ( Melospiza lincolnii ) is a medium-sized sparrow.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 41,479iNaturalist observations
weight 18.8 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
41,479 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 19 g.
Scientifically named by John James Audubon in 1834 (192 years ago).