Large sparrow with a thick bill and long tail. Brown overall with contrasting pale bill and dark face.
Large, ground-dwelling sparrow with a thick bill and long tail. Brown overall with warm reddish brown undertail. Pale bill contrasts with dark face.
Large, long-tailed sparrow with a restricted range in brushy woodlands of the southwestern U.S. and extreme northwest Mexico.
Occurs in cottonwood, willow, and mesquite brush mainly along tributaries of the Colorado River; also found in salt cedar and marshes.
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A large sparrow with a short, conical bill, an elongated body for a sparrow, and a rather long tail. The overall shape is similar to Northern Cardinal (but with a smaller bill and without the crest).
Slightly larger than a Northern Cardinal, smaller than a Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay.
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