Chipping Sparrow

Spizella passerina

Year-round in CharlotteCommon

The take

The neat little rusty-capped sparrow trilling from the top of a lawn tree.

How to ID it

  • Crisp bright rusty crown over a pale face with a black line through the eye
  • Slender, fairly long-tailed sparrow with frosty, unstreaked underparts
  • Feeds on the ground in loose groups and sings from the tops of small trees

Field marks at a glance

Size
small
Head
bright rusty crown
Call
long dry mechanical trill

Where & when

Year-round in Charlotte

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