Lark sparrow
Chondestes grammacus
Identification Tips:
- Conical bill
- Distictive head pattern: chestnut crown and cheeks, white supercilium,
crown stripe, eye ring and throat, black eyeline and malar streak
- Gray-brown upperparts with dark streaks on back
- Whitish breast with black spot
- Long tail with white outer corners
- Sexes similar
- Juvenile plumage (Summer) similar to adult but duller with streaked
breast
Similar species:
Adults are very distinctive with their bold face patterns and black spot
on the breast. Juveniles have enough of the face pattern of the adults to be
identifiable.