Melospiza melodia (bird)

Mass: 1.6 g

Diet: insectivore based on Hunter et al. 1989, Allen and O'Connor 2000, and Allen and O'Connor 2000; insectivore-granivore based on Bailey et al. 2004

Abundance: 0.11 to 12.85% (median 1.66%)

Latitudinal range: 31.8° to 59.5°

Habitats: Mediterranean woodland (3), boreal forest/taiga (1), desert/xeric shrubland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (14), temperate savanna (1), temperate wetland (1)

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Found in 21 samples

Canada: Calling Lake (treatment), Calling Lake (control), Tantramar Marshes

United States: Hanson, La Salle Creek Bog, Camarillo Oak Grove County Park, Sandrock Cliff (spring), Sandrock Cliff (fall), Freeville, Lighthouse Tract, Wateree, Lucky Peak (willow riparian), McGregor Range (arroyo), Yakutat, Hiram, Hopland Research and Extension Center, Dawes County (in-channel), Laudholm Farm, Clayhead Preserve, China Creek Park, The Wilds

Size measurements:
20.5 mmN = 1
42.4 mmN = 1
20 mmN = 1
20.8 mmN = 1
18.6 mmN = 1
18.8 mmN = 1
21.6 mmN = 1

See also Melospiza, Melospiza georgiana, Melospiza lincolinii, Melospiza lincolnii