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Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii · Family Passerellidae
Melospiza lincolnii
Family Passerellidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,950,189
- Countries and territories with records
- 25
About this species
This species has 1,950,189 occurrence records from 25 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (81.3%), Canada (15.5%) and Mexico (3%); together they account for 99.8% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.14% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Melospiza lincolnii combines the genus name Melospiza with the species epithet lincolnii. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Melospiza; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Melospiza melodia and Melospiza georgiana.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 129 species of the family Passerellidae. This species ranks 13th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Melospiza melodia. Its record count is 2.4 times the family average (810,852). The family Passerellidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.