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Chipping Sparrow

Spizella passerina

The Chipping Sparrow is a small, cheerful bird with a lovely song. It has a rusty cap on its head and a grayish belly. You can often see it hopping around in gardens and parks, looking for seeds to eat.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The Chipping Sparrow has a distinctive rusty-red cap and a prominent white stripe above its eye, contrasted by a dark line running through the eye. Its back is streaked brown, while its underparts are a plain, unmarked gray, making it look quite neat and slender.

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Chipping Sparrow
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Chipping Sparrow

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Baby Chipping Sparrows eat mostly insects, like caterpillars, to grow big and strong quickly.

Chipping Sparrows build nests so small, they're often mistaken for just a clump of leaves.

Some Chipping Sparrows fly thousands of kilometers, migrating from Canada all the way to Mexico!

Their song sounds like a tiny sewing machine, a rapid trill of 'chip-chip-chip'!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Seed Seeker

Chipping Sparrows can find tiny seeds because of their sharp eyesight that helps them spot food on the ground.

Fähigkeit

Camouflage Master

Chipping Sparrows have streaked brown feathers that help them blend perfectly into dry grasses and twigs.

Fähigkeit

Quick Getaway

Chipping Sparrows can dart away quickly because of their lightweight bodies and strong wings that help them escape danger.

Maße und Details

Länge
12-15 cm
Flügelspannweite
20-24 cm
Gewicht
0.011-0.015 kg
Lebenserwartung
2-9 Jahre
Top Speed
40 km/h
Gelegegröße
2-7
Brutzeit
10-13 Tage
Zugstrecke
2500 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

These little birds enjoy a meal of tiny seeds and crunchy insects found in gardens and fields.

Altersunterschiede: Young sparrows eat mostly protein-rich insects, switching to a more seed-heavy diet as adults.

Hauptnahrung

  • Grass Seeds
  • Weed Seeds
  • Caterpillars
  • Grasshoppers
  • Beetles

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

parasitizes

Brown-headed Cowbird

Molothrus ater

Lays eggs in sparrow nests, often to the detriment of sparrow chicks.

eaten by

Domestic Cat

Felis catus

Common predator in suburban habitats.

eats

Crabgrass

Digitaria sanguinalis

Relies heavily on seeds from common lawn weeds.

eats

Cabbage White Butterfly

Pieris rapae

Eats caterpillars during breeding season to feed young.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Enjoy watching birds from a distance and don't try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Chipping Sparrow?

12-15 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Chipping Sparrow?

20-24 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Chipping Sparrow?

0.011-0.015 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Chipping Sparrow?

2-9 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Chipping Sparrow?

40 km/h

Was frisst Chipping Sparrow?

These little birds enjoy a meal of tiny seeds and crunchy insects found in gardens and fields.

Wo findet man Chipping Sparrow normalerweise?

Urban areas

Wie jagt Chipping Sparrow?

Foraging

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