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Photographed in Campton, New Hampshire.

Spizella arborea

[edit] Identification

Length: 15-16.5 cm.

[edit] Adults

• Bill bi-colored
• Crown rufous
• Nape bluish gray
• Back rich rufous, striped with black and light gray
• Wings show two white bars
• Throat and breast light dove-gray, with an indistinct, but sometimes quite distinct, black dot in centre of breast
• Sides washed with light brown or cinnamon

[edit] Distribution

[edit] Breeding

From northern Alaska, Mackenzie Delta, central Keewatin and northern Quebec, south to central Quebec, northern Manitoba and northern British Columbia.

[edit] Winter

From British Columbia, southern Ontario, and the Maritimes, south to the southern United States.

[edit] Taxonomy

Polytypic

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• S. a. arborea:

• North-eastern Canada and Labrador; winters to east-central US

• S. a. ochracae:

• Northern Alaska and northern Yukon to northern British Columbia; winters to south-western US

[edit] Habitat

Weedy fields and wastelands

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

Its main diet consists of seeds. Visits feeders.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Birds of Nova Scotia]

• List of references

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