Swamp Sparrow Photo Gallery
Adult
Medium-sized sparrow with a rounded tail. Gray face and collar with a rusty cap and a dark line through the eye. Extensive reddish brown in wings. Base of bill is yellow.
© Ryan Schain / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, October 12, 2016Nonbreeding adult/immature
Medium-sized sparrow with a rounded tail. Neat white throat contrasts with gray-washed breast. Extensive reddish brown in wings.
© Jay McGowan / Macaulay LibraryNew York, September 30, 2011Adult
Rusty cap and matching reddish brown wings. Neat white throat contrasts with gray face. Flanks are washed with brown.
© Keenan Yakola / Macaulay LibraryMaine, May 07, 2015Adult
Medium-sized sparrow with a rounded tail and extensive reddish brown in the wings. Breeding adult has a reddish crown patch and a gray face and back of the neck.
© Alix d'Entremont / Macaulay LibraryNova Scotia, April 16, 2016Nonbreeding/immature
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryArkansas, February 01, 2005Not all videos have soundNonbreeding adult/immature
Immature and nonbreeding birds have blurry streaks on the chest and have a plain brown, not reddish brown, cap. Note the neat white throat patch.
© Larry Therrien / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, October 07, 2016Adult
Occurs in wetlands with standing water, including freshwater marshes, beaver ponds, and saltmarshes.
© Evan Lipton / Macaulay LibraryRhode Island, April 20, 2017Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
New World Sparrows(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Passerellidae)
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