Chunky, sparrowlike grassland bird. Breeding males have a black breast, gray belly, chestnut wing patch, and a gray-and-white face.
Chunky grassland bird with a stout bill. Females have a stout pink bill and chestnut wing patches that can sometimes be difficult to see. Note unstreaked whitish belly.
Song is a soft tinkling warble. Males usually sing while flying, as part of an aerial display, but also sing while perched on an elevated surface such as a rock, fence, or shrub.
Male flutters upward and descends on outstretched wings and tail during aerial displays on the breeding grounds. The outstretched tail is white with a black T.
Forms flocks outside of the breeding season. Note black T on the tail and black band on the breast of the males.
Breeding males have a black breast band and crown and a chestnut wing patch.
Immatures have a chunky bill, a broad stripe over the eye, a smudgy brown band across the breast, and unstreaked white underparts. They don't have rufous in the wing like adults do.
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A small, sparrowlike songbird with a rounded head and heavy, thick-based, conical bill.
Slightly larger than a Brewer's Sparrow, smaller than a Brewer's Blackbird.
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