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[[Image:American_Tree_Sparrow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|loggah|loggah}}<br />Photographed in Campton, [[New Hampshire]]. ]]
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==Description==
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<B>Description</B>:Length: 15-16.5 cm. Adults: Bill bicolored; Crown rufous; nape bluish gray; back rich rufous, striped with black and light gray; wings show two white bars; throat and breast light dove-gray, with an indistinct, but sometimes quite distinct, black dot in centre of breast; sides washed with light or cinnamon-brown.
 
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==Range : ==
 
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Breeds from northern Alaska, Mackenzie Delta, central Keewatin and northern Quebec, south to central Quebec, northern Manitoba and northern British Columbia. Winters from British Columbia, southern Ontario, and the Maritimes, south to the southern United States.  
 
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==Habitat : ==
 
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During winter the American Tree Sparrow is a bird of weed-grown fields, wastelands and roadside thickets and is seldom seen in heavily wooded areas.
 
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It is usually seen flitting among thickets along the highway or busily engaged in gleaning seeds from the taller weeds not yet covered by snow. Sometimes it will be found at feeding stations. Dark-eyed Juncos seem to be its favourite traveling companions.
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Photographed in Campton, New Hampshire.
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Length: 15-16.5 cm.
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====Adults====
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*Bill bi-colored
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*Crown rufous
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*Nape bluish gray
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*Back rich rufous, striped with black and light gray
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*Wings show two white bars
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*Throat and breast light dove-gray, with an indistinct, but sometimes quite distinct, black dot in centre of breast
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*Sides washed with light brown or cinnamon
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==Distribution==
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====Breeding====
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From northern [[Alaska]], Mackenzie Delta, central Keewatin and northern [[Quebec]], south to central Quebec, northern [[Manitoba]] and northern [[British Columbia]].
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====Winter====
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From British Columbia, southern [[Ontario]], and the Maritimes, south to the southern [[United States]].
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==Taxonomy==
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Formerly placed in genus ''[[:Category:Spizella|Spizella]]'' or ''[[:Category:Passerella|Passerella]]''.
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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*''S. a. arborea'':
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:*North-eastern [[Canada ]]and [[Labrador]]; winters to east-central [[US]]
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*''S. a. ochracae'':
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:*Northern [[Alaska]] and northern [[Yukon]] to northern [[British Columbia]]; winters to south-western [[US]]
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==Habitat==
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Weedy fields and wastelands
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==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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Its main diet consists of seeds. Visits feeders.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#Birds of Nova Scotia]
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Latest revision as of 10:48, 3 February 2022

Photo by loggah
Photographed in Campton, New Hampshire.
Spizelloides arborea

Spizella arborea

Identification

Length: 15-16.5 cm.

Adults

  • Bill bi-colored
  • Crown rufous
  • Nape bluish gray
  • Back rich rufous, striped with black and light gray
  • Wings show two white bars
  • Throat and breast light dove-gray, with an indistinct, but sometimes quite distinct, black dot in centre of breast
  • Sides washed with light brown or cinnamon

Distribution

Breeding

From northern Alaska, Mackenzie Delta, central Keewatin and northern Quebec, south to central Quebec, northern Manitoba and northern British Columbia.

Winter

From British Columbia, southern Ontario, and the Maritimes, south to the southern United States.

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus Spizella or Passerella.

Subspecies[1]

  • S. a. arborea:
  • S. a. ochracae:

Habitat

Weedy fields and wastelands

Behaviour

Diet

Its main diet consists of seeds. Visits feeders.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Birds of Nova Scotia]

Recommended Citation

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.

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