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Original – A Nelson's sparrow in Plumb Beach Marsh
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last month, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Nelson's sparrow
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Remydee1
  • Comment – I assume that part of the reason why the article is so short is that the two sharp-tailed sparrows (Nelson's and Saltmarsh) were only split in 1995, and before that there was a lot of confusion about their relationship and their ranges. Still, there is now plenty of information available about both, and no reason why the article can't easily be expanded along the lines of the more detailed article on Saltmarsh sparrow. (In fact the taxonomy section of that article already contains a discussion of the evolutionary divergence of the two species which is equally applicable to Nelson's.) Choliamb (talk) 23:04, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – It would be nice if it were more visible, but it's not entirely hidden; I can see the sharp tail feathers on the left side of the tail pretty clearly in this photo. Choliamb (talk) 23:04, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Nelson's sparrow in marsh.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:03, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]