Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina 棕顶雀鹀
The Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) is a small perching bird about 6 inches long, characterized by a warm rufous cap, black eye line, and gray‑brown streaked upperparts with pale underparts. It inhabits open woodlands and forests, feeds on insects during breeding season and seeds otherwise, and is known for its simple, dry, insect‑like trill.
- First spotted
- 15 Jul 2025
- Seen at 6 places
- Blackwood Farm ParkBoston, MAFinley Golf ClubLake CrabtreeLyon Farms金玉公寓
- Group
- Perching
Field marks
- Length
- 6 in · 15 cm
- Colours
- Black · Brown · Gray · Red · White
- Wings
- Broad
- Tail
- Notched · Rounded · Square-tipped
- In flight
- Direct Flight · Undulating
- Movement
- Migratory
- World population
- 240 million