Savannah sparrow
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Savannah sparrow
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
Example Sentences
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For the bay's Savannah sparrow, a subspecies that lives in salty tidal marshes, increased immigration of its inland cousins over the past century has definitely been bad news.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024
The researchers found that the genetic diversity of the Southern California subspecies, the Belding's Savannah sparrow, had declined slightly, but that it had been low even in the 1880s.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024
The good news for the northern marshland subspecies, Benham noted, is that tidal wetlands around the San Francisco Bay estuary are protected and growing, potentially allowing coastal Savannah sparrow populations to increase.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024
For comparison, he collected blood or tissue samples from living birds he had encountered over the last decade studying Savannah sparrow populations around the Bay Area for his Ph.D. thesis from the University of Montana.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024
In the meadows and low wet lands the Savannah sparrow is met with, and may be known by its fine, insect-like song.
From Wake-Robin by Burroughs, John
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