Harris's Sparrow Photo Gallery
Breeding adult
Large sparrow with long tail and pink bill. Gray head with extensive black face and bib. Streaky brown upperparts; white belly with streaked flanks.
© Ian Davies / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, May 06, 2017Nonbreeding adult
Large, plump sparrow with pink bill. Nonbreeding adults are brown on the face and washed brown on the flanks. Black bib is variable in size and may contain white in winter.
© Ian Davies / Macaulay LibraryIowa, October 12, 2016Breeding adult
Foraging at a feeding station with House Sparrow, White-winged Dove, Gambel's Quail, House Finch and White-crowned Sparrow.
© Larry Arbanas / Macaulay LibraryArizona, May 13, 2006Not all videos have soundImmature
Large sparrow with pink bill and long tail. Immatures have buffy-brown heads and a white throat outlined by dark "mustache" stripes and the streaky beginnings of a bib.
© Shelley Rutkin / Macaulay LibraryIowa, October 27, 2016Immature
Large sparrow with pink bill and long tail. Immature has brown head and white throat outlined by dark "mustache" stripes.
© Ian Davies / Macaulay LibraryIowa, October 12, 2016Immature
Large, plump sparrow with pink bill, buffy brown head, and dark brown streaks on the flanks. Back is brown with blackish stripes.
© Matt Davis / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, January 31, 2017Habitat
Breeds in patchy forest and tundra of northern Canada. Winters in grasslands and shrubby areas including agricultural fields, prairie, old fields, and thickets along streams.
© William Boyes / Macaulay LibraryOklahoma, January 12, 2021Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
New World Sparrows(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Passerellidae)
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