Chipping Sparrow Photo Gallery

Breeding adult

Bright rusty crown, black eyeline, and unstreaked grayish belly are distinctive. Gray rump visible in flight.

Nonbreeding adult/immature

Nonbreeding birds are paler than breeding birds, but note brownish crown, dark eyeline, and unstreaked neck and belly.

Breeding adult

Immature

Immature birds have a brown crown with thin dark streaks and buffy gray underparts with thin streaks. Note dark eyeline.

Juvenile

Juveniles have streaked underparts and a streaked brown crown.

Nonbreeding adult

Breeding adult

Sharply marked sparrow with a rusty cap, black eyeline, and unstreaked gray underparts.

Juvenile

Immature birds have a brown crown with thin dark streaks and buffy gray underparts with thin streaks. The rump is finely streaked cinnamon, which gradually changes to gray.

Breeding adult

Nonbreeding adult/immature

Nonbreeding birds have the same general pattern as breeding birds, but more subdued colors, especially on the head. Note also the pink bill (versus black in breeding birds).

Breeding adult

Found in open woodlands and forests with grassy clearings across North America.

Juvenile