Today’s bird

Henslow's Sparrow

Centronyx henslowii

Family: New World sparrows

Henslow's Sparrow is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.

Did you know

  1. The nest is a well-concealed open cup on or close to the ground in a grassy location; these birds often nest in small colonies.

  2. Following this, it was downlisted to Least Concern from Near Threatened in 2018.

  3. It was named by John James Audubon in honor of John Stevens Henslow.

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