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Lincoln's sparrow

noun

  1. a North American sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii, having a buff breast with black streaks.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Lincoln's sparrow1

1825–35, Americanism; named (by Audubon) after Thomas Lincoln (died 1883)
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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.

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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.

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One Sunday after church he took me to a field where he had recently seen and heard Lincoln's sparrow.

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Lincoln's Sparrow seems to be a fairly common migrant or winter visitant in Coahuila; M. l. lincolnii is the common subspecies.

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The Buena Vista bird was montana, while the bird in the Pike's Peak hollow was Lincoln's sparrow.

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