Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Gorri≤n Cejiblanco
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Adult, breeding plumage - Photo: G. Beaton
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Length: 14 cm.; weight: 12 g. Audio (M. Oberle). RANGE: North America. Accidental on other West Indian islands (Bahamas, Cuba, Turks & Caicos). May eventually be reported from Puerto Rico. TAXONOMY: PASSERIFORMES; EMBERIZIDAE |
Adult, non-breeding plumage - Photo: G. Beaton
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References Bent, A.C. 1968. Life histories of North American cardinals, grosbeaks, buntings, towhees, finches, sparrows and allies. Smithsonian Instit. U.S. National Museum Bull. 237, part 2. (Reprinted by Dover Press, NY, 1968). Byers, C., J. Curson, and U. Olsson. 1995. Sparrows and buntings: a guide to the sparrows and buntings of North America and the world. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA. Ehrlich, P.R., D.S. Dobkin, and D. Wheye. 1988. The birderÆs handbook: a field guide to the natural history of North American birds. Simon and Schuster/ Fireside, NY. Middleton, A. L. 1998. Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina). in The Birds of North America, No. 334 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. Chipping Sparrow, Spanish text Next related species in taxonomic order Previous related species in taxonomic order |