Seaside Sparrow
Ammospiza maritima
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae
- Genus
- Ammospiza
- eBird Code
- seaspa
Subspecies (7)
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Ammospiza maritima fisheri
marshes of Gulf Coast (San Antonio Bay to Alabama)
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Ammospiza maritima macgillivraii
saltmarshes from northern North Carolina to southern Georgia (formerly to northern Florida)
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Ammospiza maritima maritima
breeds saltmarshes from Massachusetts to northern North Carolina; winters to northeastern Florida
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Ammospiza maritima mirabilis
marshes of southwestern Florida (Everglades to Cape Sable)
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Ammospiza maritima nigrescens
formerly saltmarshes of eastern coastal and eastern Florida; extinct
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Ammospiza maritima peninsulae
saltmarshes of western Florida (Dixie County to Old Tampa Bay) and Gulf Coast of northern Florida (Escambia County to Taylor County)
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Ammospiza maritima sennetti
marshes of Gulf Coast of southern Texas (Aransas County to Nueces Bay)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.