BIR049-00120
A Florida grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus) at White Oak Conservation Center, Yulee, Florida. This adult bird was hatched here last year.
This bird is part of a captive breeding program for this critically endangered species, a few of which still live in the vanishing prairies of central Florida. There are nearly 100 adults, nestlings and hatch year birds here now at White Oak. This is likely more than are left in the wild now.
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- adult animal
- Ammodramus savannarum floridanus
- animal head
- animal portrait
- Birds
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- Close-up
- federally endangered species
- Florida
- Florida grasshopper sparrow
- one animal
- passeriformes
- Photo Ark
- rare
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- sparrows
- studio shot
- white background
- white oak conservation center
- Yulee
This photo © Joel Sartore 2023. Image usage guidelines
This photo is part of the Photo Ark.
