";s:4:"text";s:2365:" With a patchy and disjunct habitat, this species has evolved a number of well-marked local races. Seaside Sparrow are common overall, most populations were stable between 1966 and 2014, according to the North American Breeding Bird Survey. In New York, the seaside sparrow is a rare and local breeder restricted mainly to the maritime area. A drab sparrow with a short tail and a large bill, the Seaside Sparrow is a salt marsh specialist. 2004 Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Report Stuart L. Pimm, Clinton Jenkins, and Oron L. Bass, Jr., 2000. The Cape Sable seaside sparrow is a one of eight remaining species of seaside sparrow and a subspecies of the Dusky seaside sparrow. No other songbird in North America is so closely tied to salt marsh as the Seaside Sparrow. All subspecies of seaside sparrow are about 14-15 centimeters in length with males being slightly larger than females. Breeding populations within this range are discontinuous and localized. Partners in Flight estimates a global breeding population of 160,000, with 100% living in the U.S. Seaside Sparrow Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology × Close Merlin The seaside sparrow has a very limited breeding range that extends along the Atlantic Coast from New England to northern Florida. Quantifying Hydrologic Constraints on the Population of Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow La Puma, Phillip Cassey, Michelle J. Davis, and Katherine H. Fenn, 1999. Effects of Fire on the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Julie L. Lockwood, David A. It is native to the prairies of the everglades on Florida’s peninsula. There are four currently recognized extant subspecies of seaside sparrow in Florida: MacGillivray’s (Ammodramus maritimus macgillivraii), Scott’s (A. maritimus peninsulae), Louisiana (A. maritimus fisheri), Wakulla (A. maritimus juncicola), and Cape Sable (A. maritimus mirabilis). MacGillivray’s seaside sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus macgillivraii), Georgetown County, South Carolina, May 2015.Photo by Yianni Laskaris, Coastal Carolina University.