Medium-sized sparrow with rounded head and long, rounded tail. Coarse streaks on breast converge into a central spot. Russet stripes on crown and through eye. Broad malar or mustache stripe.
Songs vary regionally but usually begin with a few loud well-spaced chip notes followed by trills or buzzes.
Medium-sized sparrow with rounded head and long tail. Face is grayish with russet stripes on crown and through eye. Heavy streaks on breast.
Song Sparrows from the Aleutian Islands are larger than other forms, with grayish bodies and heavy dark brown streaking.
Songs vary regionally but usually begin with a few loud well-spaced chip notes followed by trills or buzzes.
Medium-sized sparrow with rounded head and long tail. Individuals on the California coast are darker and grayer overall, with heavy streaking.
Medium-sized sparrow with long, rounded tail. Many individuals in the Pacific Northwest are dark brown and gray with heavy streaking on breast.
Sometimes forages on the ground by hopping forward and scratching the leaf litter with both feet to uncover insects.
Song Sparrows vary across North America. They typically have grayish faces and reddish brown markings that can be warm in color. Note thick, triangular mustache or malar stripe.
Diet consists mostly of insects during the summer, and switches to mostly seeds and fruits in the winter.
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Song Sparrows are medium-sized and fairly bulky sparrows. For a sparrow, the bill is short and stout and the head fairly rounded. The tail is long and rounded, and the wings are broad.
Slightly smaller than a Dark-eyed Junco; slightly larger than a Chipping Sparrow
sparrow-sized or smallerScientists recognize 24 subspecies of Song Sparrows and have described some 52 forms: they are one of the most regionally variable birds in North America. In general, coastal and northern birds are darker and streakier, with southern and desert birds wearing paler plumages.
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