Chipping Sparrow
Scientific Name: Spizella passerina
Description: Upperparts brown, streaked with black; underparts, sides of face, and rump gray; crown chestnut, eyebrow white, with thin black line through eye
Habitat: Grassy woodland edges, gardens, city parks, brushy pastures, and lawns
Range: Throughout United States and Canada
Source: National Audubon Society, Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region
Photograph: Used with permission from Jim Stasz, 2003.
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