Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Nelson's sparrow

Nelson's sparrow
Voting period ends on 19 Jan 2023  at 05:04:00 (UTC)
 * Reason:Was seen on Commons FPC last month, where it was featured unanimously.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Nelson's sparrow
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
 * Creator:Remydee1


 * Support as nominator – MER-C 05:04, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment – At 250 words, article is quite stubby. – Sca (talk) 13:14, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support - A picture says more than 250 words... ;-) --Janke | Talk 13:33, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support - Image is fantastic. Any concerns with the article can be dealt with by the FPC coordinator when this birdy's turn comes up. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:56, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment – I assume that part of the reason why the article is so short is that the two sharp-tailed sparrows (Nelson's and Saltmarsh) were only split in 1995, and before that there was a lot of confusion about their relationship and their ranges. Still, there is now plenty of information available about both, and no reason why the article can't easily be expanded along the lines of the more detailed article on Saltmarsh sparrow. (In fact the taxonomy section of that article already contains a discussion of the evolutionary divergence of the two species which is equally applicable to Nelson's.) Choliamb (talk) 23:04, 15 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:25, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support – Yann (talk) 16:45, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support --Petar Milošević (talk) 14:30, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose Tail of the bird is hidden.©Geni (talk) 05:35, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment – It would be nice if it were more visible, but it's not entirely hidden; I can see the sharp tail feathers on the left side of the tail pretty clearly in this photo. Choliamb (talk) 23:04, 15 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Support -- Nythar  (💬-❄️) 20:25, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support – This is a terrific photograph of a bird that is very difficult to photograph well. Nelson's and Saltmarsh sparrows are both notorious skulkers; it's hard enough to get good looks at them, and even harder to get photos that combine good focus, proper exposure, and high resolution. Choliamb (talk) 23:04, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 22:03, 19 January 2023 (UTC)