Black-chinned Sparrow Photo Gallery
Breeding male
A slender sparrow with a pink conical bill. Breeding males are gray with brown wings and a black throat patch.
© Jim Hully | Macaulay LibraryArizona, April 23, 2016Breeding male
Males often sing from conspicuous perches during the breeding season.
© Dorian Anderson | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, March 27, 2016Female/nonbreeding male
A long-tailed sparrow with a pink conical bill. Nonbreeding birds lack the breeding male's black throat.
© sam hough | Macaulay LibraryArizona, January 02, 2016Female/nonbreeding male
A gray sparrow with a pink bill, brown wings, and brown streaks down its back.
© Tim DeJonghe | Macaulay LibraryArizona, March 10, 2018Female/nonbreeding male
Females look like males, but lack the black chin and throat patch.
© Marky Mutchler | Macaulay LibraryArizona, January 04, 2018Habitat
Found in dry brushlands and chaparral along rugged hillsides.
© Jay McGowan | Macaulay LibraryTexas, July 27, 2016Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
New World Sparrows(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Passerellidae)
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