Chipping sparrow Spizella passerina
Identification Tips:
Length: 4.75 inches
Dark, conical bill
Rusty crown
White supercilium and black eyeline
Gray face and underparts
Tan back with dark streaks
Brown wings with wing bars
Gray rump ...
Chipping Sparrow
Relatives in same Genus
Brewer's Sparrow (S. breweri) ...
Song: Chipping Sparrow Song
Migration: Neotropical migrant, wintering in the southern U.S. through Mexico and Central America.
Similar Species: Clay-Colored Sparrow, American Tree Sparrow ...
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
The Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) is a common and widespread North American sparrow which breeds across much of the U.S. and Canada and winters in the southern U.S. and Mexico.
Chipping Sparrows migrate north into Alberta in May and south again between late August and early October, and at these times are often found in trees with other migrating sparrows and warblers. They are absent in winter.
Chipping Sparrow
(Spizella passerina)
Status: Summer Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2010
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Confirmed
1992 to 1996: Confirmed
1997 to 2001: Confirmed
2002 to 2006: Likely but not confirmed ...
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina (Bechstein)
Status Common in summer, very rare in winter. Breeds. Spring birds normally arrive in late April or early May (average 3 May, earliest 20 April).
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina. Breeder. Common in all seasons in Tennessee Valley and Mountain regions. In Inland Coastal Plain region, common in winter, spring, and fall, and fairly common in summer.
CHIPPING SPARROW, Fringilla socialis, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. ii. p. 127.
FRINGILLA SOCIALIS, Bonap. Syn., p. 109.
CHIPPING SPARROW, Fringilla socialis, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 497.
Chipping Sparrow
Summer Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
Field Sparrow
Summer Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
In their area (Maryland and the District of Columbia), the species most heavily parasitized were red-eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceous), song sparrow (Melospiza melodia), and chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina) [64].
Chipping Sparrow, Spizella passerina
Clay-colored Sparrow, Spizella pallida
Brewer's Sparrow, Spizella breweri
Field Sparrow, Spizella pusilla
Worthen's Sparrow, Spizella wortheni (A)
Black-chinned Sparrow, Spizella atrogularis ...
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) ...
Page 4: Tree Swallows (3 photos), Dusky Flycatcher (2 photos), Chipping Sparrow, Lewis's Woodpecker, Wilson's Snipe, House Wren, Purple Finch, Brown-headed Cowbird and Tree Swallow (June 2009)
Photos by Gary Shaffer ...
4/18/96 This uncommon sparrow is found in the open pine woods and brushy fields of east Texas. Secretive and difficult to locate in the winter; in the summer it perches in the open and sings. During the breeding season it and Chipping Sparrow will be ...
least add Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo, Jamaican Becard, or the more common Myiarchus flycatchers to my trip list but such was not my fate. Instead I got great looks at Jamaican Elaenia, a flycatcher that reminds me a bit of Chipping ...
Occ mixed pairs result in hybrids. Female aggressively defends territory against other females. Commonly flocks and moves to higher elevations after breeding. Associates with Chipping Sparrows and other finches during migration.
 See also: Sparrow, Junco, Dark-eyed Junco, American Tree Sparrow, Field Sparrow
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