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The chipping sparrow lays a clutch of two to seven pale blue to white eggs with black, brown, or purple markings. They are about 17 by 12 millimetres (0.67 by 0.47 in), and incubated by the female for 10 to 15 days. [7] The chipping sparrow is often brood parasitized by brown-headed cowbirds, usually resulting in the nest being abandoned. [6]
The white-crowned sparrow is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. [5] It has been sighted in England, Scotland, [5] [6] Ireland, [7] and Norway. [8] In 2008 a white-crowned sparrow was spotted in Cley next the Sea in Norfolk, England. [9] To commemorate the event an image of the bird was included in a window at St Margaret's Church.
White-crowned sparrow: Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forster, JR, 1772) 70 Golden-crowned sparrow: Zonotrichia atricapilla (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 71 Harris's sparrow: Zonotrichia querula (Nuttall, 1840) 72 White-throated sparrow: Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 73 Sagebrush sparrow: Artemisiospiza nevadensis (Ridgway, 1874) 74 Bell's sparrow
Rounding out the top 10 are the flashy northern cardinal at No. 6, the gregarious red-winged blackbird at No. 7, the iridescent common grackle at No. 8, the cheeky black-capped chickadee at No. 9 ...
A small, freely-moving projection on the anterior edge of the wing of modern birds (and a few non-avian dinosaurs)—a bird's "thumb"—the word is Latin and means 'winglet'; it is the diminutive of ala, meaning 'wing'. Alula typically bear three to five small flight feathers, with the exact number depending on the species.
Lark sparrow, Chondestes grammacus (A) Chipping sparrow, Spizella passerina; Clay-colored sparrow, Spizella pallida (A) Orange-billed sparrow, Arremon aurantiirostris; White-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys (A) White-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis (A) Vesper sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus (A) Savannah sparrow, Passerculus ...
Although they share the name sparrow, New World sparrows are more closely related to Old World buntings than they are to the Old World sparrows (family Passeridae). New World sparrows are also similar in both appearance and habit to finches , with which they sometimes used to be classified.
Chipping sparrow, Spizella passerina (U) Fox sparrow, Passerella iliaca; Dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis; White-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys; Golden-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia atricapilla; Harris's sparrow, Zonotrichia querula (NC) White-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis (O) Vesper sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus (O)