Saltmarsh Sparrow

Saltmarsh SparrowThe Saltmarsh Sparrow lives in coastal salt marshes in the United States. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service page uses the older name Ammodramus caudacutus; this entry retains the pool's scientific name, Ammospiza caudacuta.What does it look like?It has rusty wings, an orange-buff face, and black streaks on gray plumage.How does it live?The Saltmarsh Sparrow lives in coastal salt marshes in the United States. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service page uses the older name Ammodramus caudacutus; this entry retains the pool's scientific name, Ammospiza caudacuta.In tidal salt marshes, it nests in relatively high ground that floods less often and forages in low marsh and along channel edges.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.