Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
Aves > Passeriformes > Passerellidae
Names in different Languages
| German | Schwirrammer |
| English | Chipping Sparrow |
| French | Bruant familier |
| Spanish | Chimbito común |
Description
A fairly widespread small bird mostly foraging on the ground for seed with a preference for coniferous forests or farmland, parks and gardens. It is a migratory bird, spending winter in the south of the US or Mexico.
How to Identify
In the breeding season, the species displays a red cap and a clearly distinct black line through the eyes. Outside the breeding season the cap is brown and the black line less contrasted.
Where When to Spot
I observed this sparrow less frequently on Montreal Island. I saw them once in Park Angrignon.
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Observations
| 2022-07-23 | Parc de la Cité |
| 2022-05-08 | Belvédère Outremont |
| 2022-05-07 | Champ des Possibles |
| 2022-04-15 | Parc Nature Pointe aux Prairies |
| 2021-08-17 | Saguenay St. Lawrence Marine Park |
| 2018-05-20 | Tadoussac |
| 2018-05-12 | Parc Île Saint Bernard |