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Fox Sparrow

Passerella iliaca

Description:

"Fox Sparrows are generally rust-brown above with a mix of rust and gray on the head, and heavy brownish splotches on the flanks and the center of the chest."

Notes:

Thanks to AshleyT for the ID.

4 Comments

RedTopRanger
RedTopRanger 10 years ago

Great! Thanks for the help, Ashley.

AshleyT
AshleyT 10 years ago

Your third photo is a different bird. I believe you are correct about it being a Song Sparrow :)

RedTopRanger
RedTopRanger 10 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion AshelyT. I just submitted two more pictures that are a little closer up. The more I look at the 3rd picture though I wonder if it's a different bird. Maybe I'm seeing a song sparrow and a fox sparrow? With the first two, the bird has the gray you'd expect on a Fox Sparrow but the third picture doesn't but it does have the eye stripe. Thoughts?

AshleyT
AshleyT 10 years ago

The heavy streaking on the chest and the lack of a white stripe above the eye make this a Fox Sparrow. Way cooler than a Song Sparrow in my opinion!

RedTopRanger
Spotted by
RedTopRanger

Georgia, USA

Spotted on Feb 12, 2014
Submitted on Feb 14, 2014

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