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.