Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia


The Song Sparrow is a small passerine bird with a distinct gray supercilium above the eye, a dark eye line through the eye, a dark, thick and short bill, a brown cap, a black ring that encircle the eye, a brown back, a streaked breast, a white belly, and brown legs and feet.

Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia

Waldport, OR
2009-04-06

The chipping sparrow is an agile and bold bird that live close to human dwellings. The sparrow is an American Sparrow which is rather a bunting than a sparrow. Many American sparrows share the specific feature such as the head pattern as this song sparrow does.

Other Emberizidae species:

Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii

Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliaca

California Towhee
Pipilo crissalis

Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus

Golden-Crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia atricapilla

White-Crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys