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[[Image:Chipping_Sparrow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Glen Tepke<br/>Photo of breeding plumaged bird taken Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA, 2 May 2004.]] | [[Image:Chipping_Sparrow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Glen Tepke<br/>Photo of breeding plumaged bird taken Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA, 2 May 2004.]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | In breeding plumage quite unique with a solid chestnut cap and black stripe through the eye, white the rest of the sides of the head and undersides are unmarked gray. | |
| + | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | Chipping sparrow is distributed from [[Alaska]] to eastern [[Canada]] through the [[USA]] and [[Mexico]] to [[Nicaragua]]. | ||
| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Five subspecies are recognized: ''passerina'', ''arizonae'', ''atremaeus'', ''pinetorum'', and ''mexicana''; some authorities additionally recognize ''boreophilae''. | ||
| + | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | ==Behaviour== | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Spizella+passerina}} | {{GSearch|Spizella+passerina}} | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Spizella]] [[Category:Incomplete]] |
Revision as of 01:00, 3 July 2008
- Spizella passerina
Identification
In breeding plumage quite unique with a solid chestnut cap and black stripe through the eye, white the rest of the sides of the head and undersides are unmarked gray.
Distribution
Chipping sparrow is distributed from Alaska to eastern Canada through the USA and Mexico to Nicaragua.
Taxonomy
Five subspecies are recognized: passerina, arizonae, atremaeus, pinetorum, and mexicana; some authorities additionally recognize boreophilae.
