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Three side-by-side images show the life stages of the Chipping Sparrow: blue speckled eggs in a nest, a brown-feathered fledgling, and an adult bird with a chestnut cap.
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chipping sparrow

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Also known as: Spizella passerina
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Three side-by-side images show the life stages of the Chipping Sparrow: blue speckled eggs in a nest, a brown-feathered fledgling, and an adult bird with a chestnut cap.
chipping sparrows (Spizella passerina) Chipping sparrows (Spizella passerina) from eggs to adulthood.

The chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina) is a small, gray-breasted North American sparrow. It is characterized by a black line through its eye, a white line above it, and a reddish patch on its head during breeding season. The name "chipping" likely comes from its call, which sounds like "chip".1

Sparrows, in general, are small, seed-eating birds with conical bills. While the term "sparrow" is most commonly associated with the Old World family Passeridae, many New World birds, including the chipping sparrow, also belong to the Emberizidae family.2

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