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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
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.
Black-and-white warbler, Mniotilta varia; Ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapilla; Wilson's warbler, Cardellina pusilla; Canada warbler, Cardellina canadensis; Clay-colored sparrow, Spizella pallida; American tree sparrow, Spizelloides arborea; Fox sparrow Passerella iliaca; White-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys; Golden-crowned 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 ...
Lark sparrow Fox sparrow Dark-eyed junco Song sparrow. Order: Passeriformes Family: Passerellidae. Until 2017, these species were considered part of the family Emberizidae. Most of the species are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae.
Chipping sparrow; Savannah sparrow; Fox sparrow; Song sparrow; Lincoln's sparrow; Golden-crowned sparrow; White-crowned sparrow; White-throated sparrow; Dark-eyed junco; Rosy finch; Pine grosbeak; Purple finch; House finch; Red crossbill; White-winged crossbill; Common redpoll; Pine siskin; American goldfinch; Evening grosbeak; House sparrow ...