Field sparrow
Spizella pusilla
Identification Tips:
- Pink, conical bill
- Rusty crown and eyeline (behind eye)
- White eye ring
- Gray (Summer) or buff (Winter) face
- Buffy breast
- White belly and undertail coverts
- Tan back with dark streaks
- Brown wings with wing bars
- Slim, forked tail
- Sexes similar
- Juvenile plumage (Summer) similar to adult but duller with streaked
breast
Similar species:
The pink bill, rusty crown, and white eye ring of the Field Sparrow are
distinctive.