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Lincoln's sparrow
noun
- a North American sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii, having a buff breast with black streaks.
Word History and Origins
Origin of Lincoln's sparrow1
Example Sentences
In the coming years, birds like Cooper’s Hawk, Wilson’s Snipe, and Lincoln’s Sparrow will be stripped of their eponyms and given new common English names.
Scharf made a discovery on May 7, 2015 - Ixodes brunneus, a species of tick typically found in the southern United States, inside the ear of a Lincoln’s sparrow.
One Sunday after church he took me to a field where he had recently seen and heard Lincoln's sparrow.
Lincoln's Sparrow seems to be a fairly common migrant or winter visitant in Coahuila; M. l. lincolnii is the common subspecies.
The Buena Vista bird was montana, while the bird in the Pike's Peak hollow was Lincoln's sparrow.
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