Week Five - Sparrows and Finches Flashcards
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Lapland Longspur - Calcariidae
Has a long spur-toe.
A backwards 7 on it’s head.
Bright bill, rusty cap, and a dark head.
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Snow Bunting - Calcariidae
(Calcariidae)
White w/ black and some brown on the head.
Molts only once a year, with males rubbing off the tan to get as white as possible!
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Eastern Towhee
All dark head with rusty flanks and a white tail.
Drink your TEAA!
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American Tree Sparrow
A bicolored bill - grey top, yellow bottom.
A grey face, rusty cap & eyebar, and has a spot on the breast.
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Chipping Sparrow
Rufous cap, white supercilium, BLACK (not rufous) eyeline!
Some white wing bars also.
Sounds like a sewing machine - all one note.
Juncos make more noises!
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Clay-colored Sparrow
Clear breast, grey nape, pinkish bill w/ a dark tip and a streaked crown.
Insect-like call with two notes.
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Field Sparrow
Rufous cap with a tan separation.
Darker brown eyebar w/ a white eyering and a pinkish bill.
Call sounds like a dropping pingpong ball!
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Vesper Sparrow
Elegant, with a white eyering and streaky breast & striped crown.
Gets it’s name from it’s call, which sounds like church bells.
Call is mostly chatter, with it’s trills preceded by two notes.
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Lark Sparrow
Clean breat with a black patch, dark chestnut around auricular coverts and a tan/white supercilium.
Long tail for it’s body!
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Savannah Sparrow
A semblance of a dark breast spot.
Yellow from suberciliar to lores.
Ends on a twangy not in it’s song. Also has insecty trills.
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Henslow’s Sparrow
Forages on the ground so isn’t super prone to flying.
Calls in the dusk and at night
Has a heavy bill, w/ color on it’s head looking like a continuation of the bill.
Olive wash to the face, semi-streaky.
Two short insect-like notes - very very fast!
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Grasshopper Sparrow
Clearer breast and a yellow lore.
Shakes the legs off of grasshoppers!
Tinkling song, almost like a trill.
Fox Sparrow
Chonky
Rufous tail, some grey on the face, and a distinctive breast with rufous spots.
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Song Sparrow
Streaky on the sides, with both streaks and a spot on the breast.
Rufous eyebar, with some eyering.
A longer, chattier call for a sparrow, with some high and clear notes.
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Lincoln’s Sparrow
Streaked and divided cap with a distinct line.