Field Sparrow

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Field Sparrow 1 ...

Field sparrow Spizella pusilla
Identification Tips:
Length: 5 inches
Pink, conical bill
Rusty crown and eyeline (behind eye)
White eye ring
Gray (Summer) or buff (Winter) face
Buffy breast
White belly and undertail coverts ...

Field Sparrow
Adult
Similar Species
American Tree Sparrow has a dark upper bill, a distinct reddish eyestripe, and a spot in the middle of its chest.
Chipping Sparrow has a distinct black eyestripe and white or buffy eyebrow.

The Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) is widespread across the eastern half of the United States. There are also isolated records in the west. The individual shown in the top three shots was a singing male near Austin, Travis Co.

Field Sparrow
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The Field Sparrow is a small brown songbird with a light rusty cap and a bright pink bill found in abandoned fields with scattered shrubs and trees in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains and Canada.
Fun Fact ...

Field Sparrow
(Spizella pusilla)
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: Confirmed
2007 to 2011: Confirmed ...

Field Sparrow
Spizella pusilla (Wilson)
Status Uncommon vagrant, very rare in winter. Jones (1879), Downs (1888) and Hickman (1896) all asserted that it nested in the province.

Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) ...

Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla. Breeder. Common to fairly common in all seasons in inland regions. In Gulf Coast region, fairly common in winter, spring, and fall. Found in early successional growth areas, especially with dense ground cover.

FIELD SPARROW, Fringilla pusilla, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. ii. p. 121.
FRINGILLA PUSILLA, Bonap. Syn., p. 110.
FIELD or RUSH SPARROW, Fringilla juncorum, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 499.
FIELD SPARROW, Fringilla pusilla, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. ii. p. 229.

Field Sparrow
Winter Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
Fox Sparrow
Winter Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...

indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea), yellow-breasted chat, red-winged blackbird, Kentucky warbler (Oporomis formosis), willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii), Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii), yellow-throated vireo (V. flavescens), and field sparrow ...

Field Sparrow, Spizella pusilla
Worthen's Sparrow, Spizella wortheni (A)
Black-chinned Sparrow, Spizella atrogularis
Vesper Sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow, Chondestes grammacus
Black-throated Sparrow, Amphispiza bilineata ...

Similar species include the Field Sparrow and the Grasshopper Sparrow. Field Sparrows are smaller and have a pink bill. Grasshopper Sparrows are also smaller, and have pale streaking on their breast and flanks, a light crown stripe, and a short tail.

Field Sparrow (PR)
Vesper Sparrow (T)
Savannah Sparrow (WR)
Grasshopper Sparrow (SR)
Fox Sparrow (WR)
Song Sparrow (PR)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (T)
Swamp Sparrow (WR)
White-throated Sparrow (WR)
Harris’ Sparrow (V) ...

Stripped with reddish-brown above and washed with a dingy buff across an unstreaked breast. The tail is long and rounded. Field Sparrow has a smaller pinkish bill. Grasshopper Sparrow has ligher crown and shorter tail.

Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla: Forest Park, Queens, NY, 15 Apr
Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus: Lake Perris State Recreation Area, Perris, CA, 03 Jan
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus: El Modena Park, Orange, CA, 01 Jan ...

See also: Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Bunting, American Tree Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow