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2 unusual facts about Worthen's Sparrow


Worthen's Sparrow

By protecting this area, the appeal will conserve habitat for the Worthen's Sparrow, Long-billed Curlew, Burrowing Owl, Mountain Plover, Sprague's Pipit, and Ferruginous Hawk.

The song is a dry, chipping trill of 2–3 second duration, and is described as a cross between that of the Field Sparrow and Chipping Sparrow.


Broxton Rocks

The near-threatened* Bachman's Sparrow, the endangered* Red-cockaded Woodpecker and the Pileated Woodpecker, whose drum-like peck can be heard over long distances, all nest here.

Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark

This distinguishes it from Fischer's Sparrow-Lark, Eremopterix leucopareia which lacks the white spot.

Fischer's Sparrow-Lark

It can be distinguished from the similar Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark, Eremopterix signata, by the absence of a white patch on the crown of its head.

George Miksch Sutton

In 1931, he was the first ornithologist to find the eggs of the Harris's Sparrow, one of the last North American birds to have its nest and eggs described.

Great Sparrow

Some authors considered this species to be the same as the Iago Sparrow, and some recognise only some of the rufous sparrows as separate from the Great Sparrow, but the Handbook of the Birds of the World recognises the Socotra Sparrow, Kenya Sparrow, Kordofan Sparrow, and Shelley's Sparrow.

John Cassin

He is commemorated himself in the names of a number of birds from western North America, including the Cassin's Auklet, Cassin's Kingbird, Cassin's Vireo, Cassin's Sparrow, and Cassin's Finch.

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow

The Northern Grey-headed Sparrow is replaced in eastern and southern Africa by very similar birds that are sometimes considered races of this species: Swainson's Sparrow, the Parrot-billed Sparrow, the Swahili Sparrow, and the Southern Grey-headed Sparrow.

Swainson's Sparrow

The birds also use cavities in buildings, and the old nests of the Ethiopian Swallow and African Sand Martin.

Worthen

The village contains the parish church, All Saints, a school with Eco-School status, a village hall built in 1977 and a post office housed within the local shop.


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