swamp sparrow

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   North American finch of marshy area

   SynonymsMelospiza georgiana

   BroaderNew World sparrow

   Part ofMelospiza

Questions about swamp sparrow

What does swamp sparrow mean?

swamp sparrow means "North American finch of marshy area".

What is another word for swamp sparrow?

Close synonyms include Melospiza georgiana. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is swamp sparrow a common word?

swamp sparrow is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.