Small, slender sparrow with a pink conical bill and a rounded head. Gray-faced with a distinct white eyering and a rusty crown and eyeline.
The pink conical bill, white eyering, and rusty crown and eyeline are distinctive field marks. Some individuals like this one have rusty-colored chests.
Sings a loud, accelerating song from exposed perches that sounds like a bouncing ball.
Juveniles lack the bright rusty crown and eyeline of adults, but note white eyering and pinkish bill. Juveniles also have streaking on the chest and sides.
Gray overall with a pink conical bill, a rusty cap and eyeline, and a white eyering.
Eats small seeds especially during the colder months when fewer insects are available.
Round-headed sparrow with a rusty cap, pink bill, and white eyering. Note rusty streaking down the back and an unstreaked grayish belly.
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Field Sparrows are small, slender sparrows with relatively short, conical bills, rounded heads, and somewhat long tails.
Smaller and more slender than a Song Sparrow; larger than a Black-capped or Carolina Chickadee.
sparrow-sized or smallerField Sparrows in the Great Plains tend to be larger, paler, and grayer than their brighter, browner counterparts in the East, although there is considerable overlap in both plumage and size. On Great Plains individuals, the only warm body coloration is restricted to the crown (but with a gray central crown stripe) and a bar at the shoulder. The back is brown with gray streaks.
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