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Chipping Sparrow
(Spizella passerina)

        
 
 

Chipping Sparrow
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Length: 5 - 5.5"

Breeding Habitat: Open woodlands, forest edges, forest clearings, wooded edges of lakes and rivers, open grassy areas with scattered trees, farmland,

 Chipping Sparrow
Photo © Robert Royse
orchards, residential areas, parks. Click to enlarge
 
Diet: Insects, including grasshoppers, beetles,
and caterpillars; grass seeds and weed seeds.
 
 
Chipping Sparrow ID TipsIdentification tips for the Chipping Sparrow
 
Range Map:
(Click map to enlarge.)
 
         Chipping Sparrow Breeding Map USGS  
     
  Breeding Map    
 
Additional Information:
 
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Illustration of Chipping Sparrow, sound file, habitat, nesting, diet, migration, physical description.
 
     
   

 

 
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