Harris's sparrow Zonotrichia querula

Identification Tips:

• Length: 7 inches
• Pink, conical bill
• Black patch around base of bill from crown onto breast
• Gray face in summer, tan in winter
• White underparts with streaked sides
• Tan back with dark streaks
• Brown wings with wing bars
• Long tail
• Sexes similar
• Immature plumage (Fall and Winter) similar to adult but has white throat and black flecked crown
• Juvenile plumage (Summer) similar to immature but has streakier breast

Similar species:

Adults are very distinctive with their bold face pattern. Juveniles and immatures can be identified by their pink bills, streaked sides and blackish crowns.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.