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#46 - The Chipping Sparrow

The Chipping Sparrow, Spizella passerina, is fairly common across much of its North American range.

The Chipping Sparrow is a delightful North American sparrow, generally grey in colour with a rusty orangish upperside. It has a thin black eye-line and white eyebrow (supercilium) and rather long tail. Its most distinguishing feature is a reddish-brown crown.


The Chipping Sparrow gets its common name from the high-pitch chip-chip call which you might hear before you spot the bird. It feeds by hopping along the ground or on outer branches of trees in search of seeds and invertebrates.
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The Chipping Sparrow is fairly tame and curious. With a length of 5.5 in/14 cm and a wingspan of 8.5 in/22 cm it is somewhat smaller than the House Sparrow. Scientists believe that there are several subspecies of Chipping Sparrows.

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