State Birds and Global Warming - National Wildlife Federation


Birds and Global Warming

Birds & Global Warming

State Birds

Migratory Birds

Ducks and Other Waterfowl

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Colorado species impacted by Global Warming

Lark Bunting
(Calamospiza melanocorys)

State bird of Colorado

Photo © Rod Planck / Photo Researchers, Inc.

Learn more about this bird at eNature.com

The lark bunting is not in danger of disappearing from Colorado.

Description
6-7 1/2" (15-19 cm). Breeding male black, with large white wing patch. Female, immature, and winter male streaked sandy buff above, white below, with white eye line, faint "mustache" stripe, white wing patch (not always visible), and rounded, white-tipped tail feathers.

Voice
A canary-like song with loud bubbling sequences and trills interspersed with harsher notes. Call is a 2-note whistle..

Habitat
Dry plains and prairies; open sagebrush.

See birds in your state with populations that are:

American Redstart
Baltimore Oriole
Bobolink
Brown Thrasher
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Eastern Phoebe
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Great-crested Flycatcher
Green-tailed Towhee
Indigo Bunting
Least Flycatcher
Lincoln's Sparrow
Marsh Wren
McCown's Longspur
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Orange-crowned Warbler
Orchard Oriole
Pine Grosbeak
Red Crossbill
Sage Sparrow
Sage Thrasher
White-crowned Sparrow
Wilson's Warbler
Evening Grosbeak

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The background information for this presentation comes from The Birdwatcher's Guide to Global Warming, which was prepared by Jeff Price, Ph.D., American Bird Conservancy and Patricia Glick, M.S., National Wildlife Federation.

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