Chipping Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Adult breeding
- Bright rufous cap
- Black stripe through eye
- Gray face, white throat and eyebrow
- Clear gray breast
- © Michael Hogan, NJ, April 2006
Chipping Sparrow
Adult nonbreeding
- Streaked rufous cap
- Black stripe through eye
- Gray face and nape, whitish throat, buff eyebrow
- Brown back with black streaks
- © Tripp Davenport, TN, Real Co, January 2009
Chipping Sparrow
Adult nonbreeding
- Streaked rufous cap
- Clear gray underparts
- White malar whisker, buff eyebrow
- Pinkish bill
- © Gregg Lee, TX, Somervell County, November 2008
Chipping Sparrow
Adult nonbreeding
- Streaked rufous cap
- Clear gray breast
- © Gregg Lee, TX, Somervell County, November 2008
Chipping Sparrow
Adult nonbreeding
- Thin, petite shape
- Brown back with black streaks
- Medium-length, notched tail
- Pinkish bill
- © Gregg Lee, TN, Somervell County, November 2008
Chipping Sparrow
Adult breeding
- Bright rufous cap
- Black stripe through eye
- Clear gray underparts
- Petite shape, black bill
- © Tom Smith, NJ, Pemberton, April 2008
Chipping Sparrow
Adult breeding
- Bright rufous cap
- Black stripe through eye
- Gray face, white throat and eyebrow
- © qmonic, Alberta, Canada, June 2008
Chipping Sparrow
Adult nonbreeding
- Brown back with black streaks
- Clear gray underparts
- Gray nape
- © Don Rash, June 2008
Chipping Sparrow
Adult breeding
- Gray face, white throat and eyebrow
- Black stripe through eye
- Brown back with black streaks
- Medium-length, notched tail
- © Kevin Carver, June 2005
Chipping Sparrow
Juvenile
- Streaky
- Dark crown
- Pinkish bill
- Loses juvenile plumage a few weeks after fledging
- © Kelly Colgan Azar, DE, July 2010
Similar Species
Adult
- Rufous (not black) stripe through eye, rufous crown
- Reddish shoulder
- Black and yellow bill
- © Darin Ziegler, Colorado Springs, CO, November 2008
Adult
- Dark spot on center of gray breast
- Rufous (not black) stripe through eye, rufous crown
- More common in winter in most of U.S. and southern Canada
- © Laura Erickson, Ithaca, NY, January 2009
Adult
- Orangish crown and ear patch
- Pale face with white eyering
- Buffy sides and reddish back
- Pink bill
- © Laura Erickson
Adult
- Similar to breeding Chipping Sparrow
- Rufous cap and cheek
- Bolder face marking, including dark mustache
- Prominent spot on pale breast
- White outer tail feathers and tail tip
- © Donald Metzner, November 2007