Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) | Details

Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	17 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	17,000,000 km²	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	8,130,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	88000000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2019
Population trend	stable	-	estimated	-
Generation length	2.03 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number 88 million mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019).

Trend justification: The species has stable population trends (Pardieck et al. 2018; Partners in Flight 2019).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Bahamas	extant	native				yes
Belize	extant	vagrant			yes	yes
Canada	extant	native		yes	yes	yes
Costa Rica	extant	vagrant			yes
Cuba	extant	native				yes
Dominican Republic	extant	vagrant				yes
El Salvador	extant	native			yes
Greenland (to Denmark)	extant	vagrant
Guatemala	extant	native			yes
Haiti	extant	vagrant				yes
Honduras	extant	native			yes
Jamaica	extant	native				yes
Mexico	extant	native			yes
Panama	extant	vagrant			yes
Puerto Rico (to USA)	extant	vagrant				yes
St Pierre and Miquelon (to France)	extant	native		yes
Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK)	extant	native				yes
USA	extant	native	yes	yes	yes	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Grassland	Temperate	suitable	non-breeding
Grassland	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Shrubland	Boreal	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Boreal	suitable	breeding
Shrubland	Temperate	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Shrub Dominated Wetlands	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Shrub Dominated Wetlands	suitable	breeding
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Utilisation

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/lincolns-sparrow-melospiza-lincolnii on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.