Where’s Wildlife · Bird Field Guide

Field Sparrow

Spizella pusilla

Pronounced (approx.): spy-ZEL-uh pyoo-SIL-uh

A small sparrow of brushy grasslands, often noticed by its accelerating song.

Three Identification Clues

A pink bill and a neat white ring around the eye.

Adults have a rusty cap and a rusty line behind the eye on a grayish face.

Adult underparts are mostly plain; juveniles can have breast streaks.

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Observation records are not a complete seasonal range map.