Small, flat-headed sparrow with a deep bill. Unstreaked and buffy below with rusty spotting or streaking on the back. Note orange-yellow stripe in front of the eye.
Flat-headed, short-tailed sparrow. Note unstreaked buffy belly and orange-yellow spot in front of the eye. Yellow feather edges at the shoulder are not often visible
Song is two short notes followed by a high, thin, insectlike trill.
Juveniles have a band of streaks across the breast and are streaked brown, black, and buff on the back. Juveniles also show the orange-yellow mark in front of the eye.
Note distinctive shape, with large bill, flat head, and thick neck.
Flat-headed sparrow with a deep bill, unstreaked buffy breast, white eyering, and an orange-yellow mark in front of the eye.
Flat-headed sparrow with a pale central crown stripe bordered by 2 dark stripes.
Usually shows orange-yellow on the lores—the area between the bill and the eye.
Small, flat-headed sparrow with rusty streaks or spots on the back, a thin white eyering and an orange-yellow spot in front of the eye.
Main call is a very high, thin seep.
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Grasshopper Sparrow is on the small side for a sparrow, with a distinctive compact shape. The head is large and flat-crowned, with a conspicuous bill. Tail is very short.
Among the smallest birds in its habitat; slightly smaller than a Savannah Sparrow.
sparrow-sized or smallerSome 12 subspecies have been described, but they are all fairly similar in plumage. The endangered Florida Grasshopper Sparrow has a somewhat darker back than other subspecies.
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