Cape Sable seaside sparrow

American  

noun

1. seaside sparrow

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Etymology

Origin of Cape Sable seaside sparrow

After Cape Sable, the SW tip of Florida, where the subspecies was discovered in 1918

Example Sentences

“What we learn from saving the Florida grasshopper sparrow,” she says, “could inform the actions we take to try to save the Cape Sable seaside sparrow.”

From National Geographic

Perhaps it’s the gateway needed to save the Cape Sable seaside sparrow, another rare sparrow species in Florida teetering on the brink of vanishing, Blackford says.

From National Geographic

The Cape Sable seaside sparrow, another endangered species located mostly now in Florida, was found to be in jeopardy as a result of drifting sprays of chlorpyrifos.

From New York Times

Consider the Cape Sable seaside sparrow.

From Science Magazine

The proposed critical habitat for the Cape Sable seaside sparrow was cut in half in 2007.

From Science Magazine