BIR049-00126
Two 20-day-old fledgling Florida grasshopper sparrows (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus) at White Oak Conservation Center, Yulee, Florida.
These birds are part of a captive breeding program for this critically endangered bird, 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.
Keywords
- Ammodramus savannarum floridanus
- animal portrait
- Birds
- black background
- captivity
- federally endangered species
- fledgling
- Florida
- Florida grasshopper sparrow
- full length
- juvenile animal
- passeriformes
- Photo Ark
- rare
- side by side
- side view
- sparrows
- studio shot
- two animals
- white background
- white oak conservation center
- Yulee
This photo © Joel Sartore 2023. Image usage guidelines
This photo is part of the Photo Ark.
