Chipping Sparrow Photo Gallery
Breeding adult
Bright rusty crown, black eyeline, and unstreaked grayish belly are distinctive. Gray rump visible in flight.
© Evan Lipton | Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, May 04, 2015Nonbreeding adult/immature
Nonbreeding birds are paler than breeding birds, but note brownish crown, dark eyeline, and unstreaked neck and belly.
© Brian Sullivan | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, October 15, 2007Immature
Immature birds have a brown crown with thin dark streaks and buffy gray underparts with thin streaks. Note dark eyeline.
© Shailesh Pinto | Macaulay LibraryOhio, November 11, 2020Juvenile
Juveniles have streaked underparts and a streaked brown crown.
© Ian Burgess | Macaulay LibraryBritish Columbia, July 01, 2016Breeding adult
Sharply marked sparrow with a rusty cap, black eyeline, and unstreaked gray underparts.
© Malcolm Gold | Macaulay LibraryMinnesota, May 22, 2014Juvenile
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.
© Ryan Schain | Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, July 15, 2011Breeding adult
Found in open woodlands and forests with grassy clearings across North America.
© Tim Lenz | Macaulay LibraryNew York, April 10, 2017
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