Nelson’s sparrow

E1045490

Nelson’s sparrow is a small North American songbird of coastal and marsh habitats, known for its secretive behavior and distinctive buzzy song.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nelson’s sparrow canonical 3
Ammospiza nelsoni 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf animal ⓘ
bird ⓘ
songbird ⓘ
vertebrate ⓘ
behavior secretive ⓘ
breedsIn Atlantic coast saltmarshes ⓘ
Canadian Prairies ⓘ
north-central United States ⓘ
northern North America ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
commonName Nelson sparrow ⓘ
Nelson’s sparrow ⓘ
conservationStatus Least Concern ⓘ
conservationStatusSystem IUCN Red List ⓘ
describedBy Robert Ridgway ⓘ
describedInYear 1885 ⓘ
diet insects ⓘ
other invertebrates ⓘ
seeds ⓘ
family Passerellidae ⓘ
foragingStrategy ground foraging ⓘ
low-vegetation foraging ⓘ
genus Ammospiza ⓘ
habitat brackish marsh ⓘ
coastal wetlands ⓘ
freshwater marsh ⓘ
salt marsh ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
migratory true ⓘ
namedAfter Edward William Nelson ⓘ
nativeTo North America ⓘ
nestingSite marsh vegetation ⓘ
nestType cup nest ⓘ
order Passeriformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
plumage gray nape ⓘ
orange-buff face ⓘ
streaked ⓘ
previouslyClassifiedAs subspecies of sharp-tailed sparrow ⓘ
scientificName Ammospiza nelsoni ⓘ
linked to: Nelson’s sparrow
similarTo Saltmarsh sparrow ⓘ
linked to: saltmarsh sparrow
size small ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
threat habitat loss ⓘ
marsh drainage ⓘ
sea-level rise ⓘ
vocalization buzzy song ⓘ
wintersIn Atlantic coast of the United States ⓘ
Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward William Nelson → hasNamesake → Nelson’s sparrow ⓘ
E. W. Nelson → hasHonorificEponym → Nelson’s sparrow ⓘ
Nelson’s sparrow → scientificName → Ammospiza nelsoni ⓘ
linked to: Nelson’s sparrow
Nelson’s sparrow → commonName → Nelson’s sparrow ⓘ