Field Sparrow
(Spizella pusilla)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | N5 - Secure SNRB - Unranked Breeding |
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| Minnesota | not listed Species in Greatest Conservation Need |
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Description |
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Size |
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5″ to 6″ in length 8″ wingspan |
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Habitat |
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Weedy fields and pastures, woodland edges and clearings, shrubby riparian areas |
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Biology |
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Migration |
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Late March to October |
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Distribution |
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Occurrence |
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Uncommon to occasionally common migrant and breeder |
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Maps |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
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Taxonomy |
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| Class | Aves (birds) | ||
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Passeriformes (perching birds) | ||
Family |
Passerellidae (New World sparrows) | ||
Genus |
Spizella (chipping sparrows) | ||
New World sparrows were traditionally combined with buntings into the family Emberizidae. Recent phylogenetic analysis (Barker et al. 2013) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis (Klicka et al. 2014) found that the Old World buntings should be separated as a sister to New World sparrows. New World sparrows have been separated into a new family, Passerellidae. |
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Subordinate Taxa |
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Eastern Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla pusilla) Western Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla arenacea) |
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| Lynn Rubey | |||
An adult Field Sparrow climbed up this small bush keeping it eye on me before coming out and perching on a small branch with purple wild flowers in the back ground. |
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| Field Sparrow Allen Chartier |
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| Field Sparrow Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren |
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| Field Sparrow JMC Nature Photos |
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| Other Videos | |||
| Field Sparrow Rockefeller State Park Preserve VideoBirder |
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About
Uploaded on Mar 22, 2010 Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) singing at Rockefeller State Park, Sleepy Hollow, New York. |
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| Field Sparrow Portrait Larry Bond |
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About
Published on Jul 22, 2013 This sparrow is fairly common in southeastern Canada and United States east of Rockies. It's found in fields with tall grass or scattered saplings. It has a gray face with a rufus crown. Also there is a thin rufous line behind eye. Also it has a thin white eye-ring. with a bright pink bill. The underparts are clear with the breast and sides a buffy-red. The belly is grayish. It has pink legs. The tail is notched. The song is a series of clear sweet slurring notes speeding into a trill - like a ping-pong ball dropping on a table. |
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| Field Sparrow The Music of Nature |
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Uploaded on Jul 11, 2010 Singing field sparrow from Maine. © 2010 Garth McElroy www.featheredfotos.com |
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| Field Sparrow in Maine WIld Bird Video Productions |
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Uploaded on Feb 16, 2012 A field sparrow singing on it's territory in a regenerating clearcut. © 2011 Garth McElroy. License at http://www.paya.com/videos/135222 |
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| Field Sparrow Singing Birdchick |
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Uploaded on Jun 21, 2008 Field Sparrow singing on territory at Carpenter Nature Center |
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| Lynn Rubey 6/9/2020 |
Location: Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge An adult Field Sparrow climbed up this small bush keeping it eye on me before coming out and perching on a small branch with purple wild flowers in the back ground. |
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Avon Hills Forest SNA, North Unit Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center Felton Prairie SNA, Bicentennial Unit John Peter Hoffman Spring Brook Valley WMA Kellogg Weaver Dunes SNA, Kellogg Weaver Unit Minnesota Valley NWR, Rapids Lake Unit Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area, Lawrence Unit Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Hoffman Unit Prairie Creek WMA, Koester Prairie Unit Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge Stanley Eddy Memorial Park Reserve |
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