Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Bachman's Sparrow, Bachman's Sparrow Finch, Bachman's Sparrow Sparrow, Bachman's Summer Finch, Illinois Summer Finch, Pine-Woods Sparrow
Common Names in French:
Bruant Des Pinèdes
Common Names in German:
Bachmanammer
Description
Physical Description
Adult : Head : gray with buffy gray sides Face : Eyeline: thin, dark Bill: dark Size: large Body: Belly: whitish Breast: buff or gray Flanks: buff or gray Sides: buff or gray Upperparts: gray with heavy chestnut-brown streaks Tail: dark Length : long Shape : rounded.
Color:
Brown or grayish-brown overall; buffy or gray ear patch; thin dark stripe extending behind the eye; light eyebrow; breast and sides buffy or gray; belly white.
Size/Age/Growth
About 6 inches long, with a wingspan of 8 to 8 inches. Adults weigh about 0.7 ounces .
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,793 meters (0 to 12,444 feet).[1]
Ecology: List of Habitats : 1.4 Forest - Temperate 14.2 Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland
Biology
Diet
Its diet includes seeds, insects, spiders, and other small invertebrates . Food is gathered by searching the ground and low vegetation.
Reproduction
The breeding season
begins in late April, peaks in May, and extends to mid-July. The breeding habitat
includes pine woods
, especially in areas with a dense understory
. The cup-shaped nest
is built by the female on the ground
out of grass
and other plant material
. The nest
may be domed with grass for protection. The female lays
3-5 eggs
that she incubates for 14 days. The young are altricial and fledge
10-11 days after hatching
. If the female is disturbed
on the nest, she may perform a distraction display by dragging
her wing or feigning injury to draw
a predator
away from the nest.
- Breeding Habitat: Woodland
- Nest Location: Ground-low nesting
- Nest Type: Open-cup
- Clutch Size: 3-5
- Length of Incubation : 14 days
- Days to Fledge: 10-11
- Number of Broods: 2, possibly 3
Migration
Nonmigratory
Behavior
The Bachman's Sparrow most often frequents pine woodlands and dry wooded areas.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- Perching Birds
- Subfamily:
Emberizinae
()
- Tribe:
Emberizini
()
- Genus:
Aimophila
()
- Swainson 1837 Class.Birds 2 p.287
- Specific name:
aestivalis
- (Lichtenstein) 1823 Verz.Doubl.Zool.Mus.Berlin p.25
- Scientific name: - Aimophila aestivalis (Lichtenstein) 1823
- Specific name:
aestivalis
- (Lichtenstein) 1823 Verz.Doubl.Zool.Mus.Berlin p.25
- Genus:
Aimophila
(
- Tribe:
Emberizini
(
- Subfamily:
Emberizinae
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001.
Similar Species
Field Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow
Members of the genus Aimophila
There are approximately 59 species in this genus:
A. acuminata · A. aestivalis (Bachman's Sparrow Sparrow) · A. aestivalis aestivalis (Bachman's Sparrow Sparrow) · A. aestivalis bachmani · A. aestivalis illinoensis · A. botteri · A. botterii (Arizona Summer Finch) · A. botterii arizonae (Botteri's Sparrow) · A. botterii botterii (Arizona Summer Finch) · A. botterii goldmani · A. botterii petenica (Botteri's Sparrow) · A. botterii texana (Texas Botteri's Sparrow) · A. botterii vulcanica · A. carapalis carapalis · A. carpalis (Bendire's Summer Finch) · A. carpalis carpalis (Bendire's Summer Finch) · A. carpalis cohaerens · A. cassinii (Cassin's Summer Finch) · A. humeralis (Black-Chested Sparrow) · A. mystacalis (Bridled Sparrow) · A. notosticta (Oaxaca Sparrow) · A. petenica · A. quinquestriata (Five-Striped Sparrow) · A. quinquestriata quinquestriata (Five-Striped Sparrow) · A. quinquestriata septentrionalis · A. rufescens (Rusty Sparrow) · A. rufescens antonensis · A. rufescens discolor · A. rufescens hypaethrus · A. rufescens mcleodii · A. rufescens meleodii · A. rufescens pectoralis · A. rufescens pyrgitoides · A. rufescens rufescens (Rusty Sparrow) · A. ruficauda (Stripe-Headed Sparrow) · A. ruficauda acuminata · A. ruficauda connectens · A. ruficauda lawrencii · A. ruficauda ruficauda (Stripe-Headed Sparrow) · A. ruficeps (Californis Rufous-Crowned Sparrow) · A. ruficeps australis · A. ruficeps boucardi · A. ruficeps canescens (Southern California Rufous-Crowned Sparrow) · A. ruficeps eremoeca (Rufous-Crowned Sparrow) · A. ruficeps fusca · A. ruficeps obscura · A. ruficeps ruficeps (Californis Rufous-Crowned Sparrow) · A. ruficeps rupicola (Yuma Rufous-Crowned Sparrow) · A. ruficeps sanctorum · A. ruficeps scotti · A. ruficeps scottii · A. ruficeps simulans · A. ruficeps sororia · A. ruficeps x · A. stolzmanni · A. strigiceps (Stripe-Capped Sparrow) · A. strigiceps dabbenei · A. strigiceps strigiceps (Stripe-Capped Sparrow) · A. sumichrasti (Cinnamon-Tailed Sparrow)
More Info
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Further Reading
- A checklist of the vertebrate animals of Kansas / George D. Potts, Joseph T. Collins. [Lawrence, Kan.]: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1991. ENG url p. 16.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 1799, p. 1803, p. 1838, p. 235, p. 253, p. 255, p. 262, p. 679, p. 956, p. 970, p. 972.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 240.
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. by Charles E. Hellmayr. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1938. ENG url p. 532.
- Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. Lawrence, University of Kansas, 1946-1996. ENG url p. 57, p. 6, p. 63.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 238, p. 527, p. 556, p. 570, p. 589, p. 595, p. 597, p. 599, p. 609.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 03, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
- Hines, J. E., Gregory Gough, J. R. Sauer, et al. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
- NatureServe. 2003. Downloadable animal data sets. NatureServe Central Databases. Accessed February 6, 2005.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Sauer, J. R., J. E. Hines, and J. Fallon. 2005. The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966 - 2004. Version 2005.2. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
- Sauer, J. R., S. Schwartz, and B. Hoover. 1996. The Christmas Bird Count Home Page. Version 95.1. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
- The Georgia Museum of Natural History and Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 03, 2008:
- Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
- Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
- Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
- Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- New Brunswick Museum: NBM birds
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3850285
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179389
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13729682
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179386
- IUCN ID: 40414
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABPBX91050
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 210
Footnotes
- Mean = 185.750 meters (609.416 feet), Standard Deviation = 608.870 based on 861 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
