Re: Seaside Sparrow...what subspecies?

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Posted by Bill Pranty on 23:22:45 08/28/13

In Reply to: Seaside Sparrow...what subspecies? posted by Marcello Gomes

Hi Marcello,

It's definitely a juvenile Seaside; it's too dark above and streaked below to be anything else. I can't imagine it would be a Cape Sable Seaside, since the habitat is all wrong (and the color seems too dark to me). I'd guess it's from farther north, but I don't know the differences between maritimus and macgillivraii. Your bird is the first record of Seaside Sparrow for Palm Beach County. Interestingly, another juvenile Seaside outside the breeding range was photographed a few days ago in Brevard County (see BRDBRAIN).


Best regards,

Bill Pranty
Bayonet Point, Florida


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