Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2008 |
Authors: | Watts, BD, Wilson, MD, Smith, FM, Paxton, BJ, J. Williams, B |
Journal: | The Wilson Journal of Ornithology |
Volume: | 120 |
Issue: | 2 |
Date Published: | 2008 |
ISBN Number: | 15594491 |
Keywords: | Chesapeake Bay, Emberizidae, Melospiza, Melospiza georgiana, Zonotrichia, Zonotrichia georgiana |
Abstract: | The Coastal Plain Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana nigrescens) is morphologically distinct, restricted to a narrowly-defined habitat type, and geographically isolated within the mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain. The breeding range has been considered to extend from the Nanticoke River in Maryland north to the Hudson River. We report a previously undocumented population near Warsaw, Virginia that extends the known range south and west into a region of the Chesapeake Bay with extensive tidal fresh and brackish marshes consistent with the habitat requirements of this form, but for which there has been no documented breeding. A broader investigation of occurrence within appropriate habitat seems warranted given the small global population size and uncertain status within the southern portion of its range. |
URL: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/20456159 |
Short Title: | The Wilson Journal of Ornithology |
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