Fox sparrow Passerella iliaca
Identification Tips:
Length: 6.25 inches
Conical bill with yellow lower mandible
Very large sparrow
Thick malar streak
Heavy spotting below
Extremely variable plumage across range
Sexes similar ...
Fox Sparrow ( Passerella iliaca )
Fox Sparrow, Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Ladner, British Columbia
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details) ...
Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliaca
The Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) has several distinct subspecies ranging from the dark, sooty colored birds of the Pacific northwest to the reddish colored "Taiga" race in the northeast.
Fox Sparrows winter along the Pacific Coast from southern Alaska to Baja California, across the southern and eastern United States, and down the Atlantic coast from southern Newfoundland to northern Florida.
Find Bird:
Fox Sparrow
(Passerella iliaca)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2011
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Occurs as a migrant in brushy wooded areas of the lab.
Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliaca (Merrem)
Status Uncommon in summer, fairly common transient, rare in winter. Breeds.
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
Henslow's Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) ...
8. Fox Sparrow adult
10. Three juvenile Blue Herons outgrowing their nest at Stow Lake, Golden Gate Park. ...
Fox Sparrow
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Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca. Uncommon in winter, spring, and fall in inland regions. In Gulf Coast region, rare in winter and fall. Found in woodlands and thickets. Low Conservation Concern.
Fox Sparrow
Winter Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Winter Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Red Fox Sparrow - 1 on Pulpit Rock Rd, the same location the Lark
Sparrow was first seen 2 weeks ago
LARK SPARROW - 1 continues near Pulpit Rocks, today the bird was seen
along Rte 1A well to the north of the pulloff ...
THE FOX-COLOURED FINCH.
[Fox Sparrow.]
FRINGILLA ILIACA, Merrem.
[Passerella iliaca.] ...
Genus Ammodramus (9 species)
Genus Passerella - Fox Sparrow (probably 4 species)
Genus Xenospiza - Sierra Madre Sparrow
Genus Melospiza (3 species)
Genus Zonotrichia (5 species)
Genus Junco - juncos (4 species) ...
Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca: Huntington Central Park, Huntington Beach, CA, 05 Jan
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia: San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, Irvine, CA, 01 Jan
Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii: Yorba Linda, CA, 01 Jan ...
 See also: Fox, Sparrow, Junco, Towhee, Savannah Sparrow
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